heat

A2
Pronunciation
/hit/
Noun
15 definition(s)
1 Definition

Thermal energy.

Example Sentences
  • 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.
2 Definition

The condition or quality of being hot.

Example Sentences
  • Stay out of the heat of the sun!
3 Definition

An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.

Example Sentences
  • The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
4 Definition

A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.

Synonyms
passion vehemence
Example Sentences
  • It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
5 Definition

An undesirable amount of attention.

Example Sentences
  • The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.
6 Definition

The police.

Example Sentences
  • The heat! Scram!
7 Definition

One or more firearms.

8 Definition

A fastball.

Example Sentences
  • The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.
9 Definition

A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.

Example Sentences
  • The male canines were attracted by the female in heat.
10 Definition

A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race

Example Sentences
  • The runner had high hopes, but was out of contention after the first heat.
11 Definition

One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.

Example Sentences
  • I can make a scroll like that in a single heat.
12 Definition

A hot spell.

Example Sentences
  • The children stayed indoors during this year's summer heat.
13 Definition

Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.

Example Sentences
  • I'm freezing; could you turn on the heat?
14 Definition

The output of a heating system.

Example Sentences
  • During the power outage we had no heat because the controls are electric.   Older folks like more heat than the young.
15 Definition

In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which alphas and omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.

Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").

Example Sentences
  • I'll heat up the water.
2 Definition

To become hotter.

Example Sentences
  • There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
3 Definition

To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.

4 Definition

To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.

5 Definition

To arouse, to excite (sexually).

Example Sentences
  • The massage heated her up.