heat

Plural: heats

Noun

• a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
• the presence of heat
• the sensation caused by heat energy
• the trait of being intensely emotional
• applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
• a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
• utility to warm a building
  • "the heating system wasn't working"
  • "they have radiant heating"
• Thermal energy.
• The condition or quality of being hot.
• An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
• A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
• An undesirable amount of attention.
• A fastball.
• A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
• A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
• In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.
• A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
• The arousal or horniness of a person, likened to that of a mammal.
• A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
• A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
• One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
• A hot spell.
• Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
• The output of a heating system.
• A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
• The police.
• One or more firearms.
• Stylish and valuable sneakers.
• A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general.

Verb

Verb Forms: heated, het, heating, heats

• To make or become hot or warm; to arouse passion.
• make hot or hotter
  • "the sun heats the oceans"
  • "heat the water on the stove"
• provide with heat
  • "heat the house"
• arouse or excite feelings and passions
• gain heat or get hot
  • "The room heated up quickly"
• To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
• To become hotter.
• To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
• To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
• To arouse, to excite (sexually).
• simple past and past participle of heat

Examples

• During the power outage we had no heat because the controls are electric. Older folks like more heat than the young.
• I can make a scroll like that in a single heat.
• I'll heat up the water.
• I'm freezing; could you turn on the heat?
• It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
• Stay out of the heat of the sun!
• The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.
• The children stayed indoors during this year's summer heat.
• The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
• The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.
• The heat! Scram!
• The intense competition began to HEAT up as both players approached the final tiles.
• The male canines were attracted by the female in heat.
• The massage heated her up.
• The runner had high hopes, but was out of contention after the first heat.
• There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
• This furnace puts out 5000 BTUs of heat. That engine is really throwing off some heat. Removal of heat from the liquid caused it to turn into a solid.
• Whoa, that guy is rocking some serious heat.

Synonyms

estrus, fire up, heat energy, heat up, heating, heating plant, heating system, high temperature, hot up, hotness, ignite, inflame, oestrus, passion, rut, stir up, wake, warmth, hot, stoke, vehemence, warm up

Antonyms

anestrus, coldness, cool

Related Words

HEATABLE