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Meaning of heat in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /hit/

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  1. Verb

    heat

    Definitions

    1. make hot or hotter

    Examples

    • « heat the soup »

    Antonyms

    • cool
    • chill
    • cool down

    Derived terms

    • heater
    • heat energy
    • high temperature
    • hotness
    • warmer
    • warmth
  2. 2. provide with heat

    Examples

    • « heat the house »

    Derived terms

    • heater
    • heating
    • heating plant
    • heating system
    • heat energy
    • high temperature
    • hotness
    • warmer
    • warmth
  3. 3. arouse or excite feelings and passions

    Examples

    • « The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor »
    • « The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world »
    • « Wake old feelings of hatred »

    Derived terms

    • inflaming
    • inflammation
    • passion
    • warmth
  4. 4. gain heat or get hot

    Examples

    • « The room heated up quickly »

    Antonyms

    • cool
    • chill
    • cool down

    Derived terms

    • heating
    • heating plant
    • heating system
    • heat energy
    • high temperature
    • hotness
    • warming
    • warmth
  5. Noun

    heat

    Etymology

    Old English hǣtu (noun), hǣtan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hitte (noun) and German heizen (verb), also to hot

    Definitions

    1. a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

    Derived terms

    • heat up
    • hot up
  6. 2. the presence of heat

    Antonyms

    • coldness
    • cold
    • low temperature

    Derived terms

    • heat up
    • hot up
  7. 3. the sensation caused by heat energy

    Derived terms

    • heat up
    • hot up
  8. 4. intense passion or emotion

    Derived terms

    • fire up
    • ignite
    • inflame
    • stir up
    • wake
  9. 5. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

    Antonyms

    • anestrus
    • anestrum
    • anoestrus
    • anoestrum

    Derived terms

    • rut
  10. 6. a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
  11. 7. utility to warm a building

    Examples

    • « the heating system wasn't working »
    • « they have radiant heating »

    Derived terms

    • heat up
    • hot up

Famous quotes

  • « Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion? »
    Michael Bloomberg
  • « First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat. »
    Huston Smith
  • « I'm very excited about my new agreement with the Heat. This contract allows me to address all of my family's long-term financial goals while allowing the Heat the ability to acquire those players that we need to win a championship. »
    Shaquille O'Neal
  • « Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth. »
    Denis Diderot
  • « A lot of the songs start with an image. I was sitting there playing the guitar and I pictured this old, dirty green car, with the window rolled down, in the hot, hot, hot Texas heat, and this beautiful woman I knew when I was a kid sitting behind the wheel, looking out at me. »
    Edie Brickell

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