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   Heat

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   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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   Aug 4, 2023 · Heat is what scientists call the form of energy that is transferred between two materials of different temperature. This transfer of energy occurs because of differences in the average translational kinetic energy per molecule in the two materials.

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