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heating

The correct spelling is heating.

How to pronounce heating

/ˈhiːtɪŋ/
verb

IPA: /ˈhiːtɪŋ/

Say it like: Hee-tin-g

The correct spelling is heating. To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up"). For example: "I'll heat up the water."

Usage Examples

I'll heat up the water.

There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.

The massage heated her up.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
  2. 2.To become hotter.
  3. 3.To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
  4. 4.To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
  5. 5.To arouse, to excite (sexually).

noun

  1. 1.A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.
  2. 2.The act of making something hot.

adjective

  1. 1.Causing heat.

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