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- DictionaryHeat/hēt/
noun
- 1. the quality of being hot; high temperature: "it is sensitive to both heat and cold" Similar hotnesswarmthwarmnesshigh temperaturefeverfeverishnessrare:calefactionOpposite cold
- ▪ heat seen as a form of energy arising from the random motion of the molecules of bodies, which may be transferred by conduction, convection, or radiation.
- ▪ hot weather conditions: "the oppressive heat was making both men sweat" Similar hot weatherhotnesswarm weatherwarmthwarmnesssultrinessclosenessmugginesshumidityswelterheatwavehot spellliterary:dog daysrare:torridnesstorridityOpposite cold weather
- ▪ a source or level of heat for cooking: "remove from the heat and beat in the butter"
- ▪ a spicy quality in food that produces a burning sensation in the mouth: "chili peppers add taste and heat to food"
- ▪ the amount of heat that is needed to cause a specific process or is evolved in such a process: technical "the heat of formation"
- ▪ a single operation of heating something, especially metal in a furnace: technical "about 100 tons is removed in each heat"
- 2. intensity of feeling, especially of anger or excitement: "words few men would dare use to another, even in the heat of anger" Similar passionintensity of feelingardorfervorvehemencewarmthintensityanimationearnestnesseagernessenthusiasmexcitementagitationangerfuryviolencerare:fervencyardencypassionatenessOpposite apathy
- ▪ intensive and unwelcome pressure or criticism, especially from the authorities: informal "a flurry of legal proceedings turned up the heat in the dispute"
- 3. a preliminary round in a race or contest: "the 200-meter heats"
verb
- 1. make or become hot or warm: "the room faces north and is difficult to heat" Similar warmwarm upheat upmake hotmake warmraise something's temperaturetake the chill offreheatcookboilbakeroasttoaststewfrygrillinformal:hothot upbecome hotbecome warmgrow hotgrow warmbecome hotterbecome warmerget hotterget warmerincrease in temperaturerise in temperatureinformal:hot upOpposite coolcool down
- ▪ (of a person) become excited or impassioned: "he seemed to calm down as quickly as he had heated up"
- ▪ become more intense and exciting: "the action really begins to heat up" Similar become impassionedbecome excitedbecome animatedgrow passionategrow vehementget angrybecome enragedget annoyedOpposite calm down
- ▪ inflame; excite: "this discourse had heated them" Similar become impassionedbecome excitedbecome animatedgrow passionategrow vehementget angrybecome enragedget annoyedOpposite calm down
Word Origin Old Englishhǣtu (noun), hǣtan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hitte (noun) and German heizen (verb), also to hot.
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