heat
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“heat; hot”). Cognate with Scots hete (“heat”), Saterland Frisian Hatte (“heat”), Old High German heizī (“heat”). Related also to Dutch hitte (“heat”), German Hitze (“heat”), Swedish hetta (“heat”), Faroese and Icelandic hiti (“heat”). Related to hot.
Inflected forms:
form: heats
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: heats
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: heating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: heated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: heated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: heat
pos: verb
tags: dialectal
obsolete
participle
past
form: heat
pos: verb
tags: dialectal
obsolete
past
form: het
pos: verb
tags: dialectal
participle
past
form: het
pos: verb
tags: dialectal
past
Senses:
gloss: Thermal energy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Heat and temperature, although different, are intimately related. [...] For example, suppose you added equal amounts of heat to equal masses of iron and aluminum. How do you think their temperatures would change?[…]if the temperature of the iron increased by 100 C°, the corresponding temperature change in the aluminum would be only 48 C°.
Heat limits the length and intensity of ship-to-ship combat. Starships generate enormous heat when they fire high-energy weapons, perform maneuvering burns, and run on-board combat electronics.
In combat, warships produce heat more quickly than they can disperse it. As heat builds within a vessel, the crewed spaces become increasingly uncomfortable. Before the heat reaches lethal levels, a ship must win or retreat by entering FTL. After an FTL run, the ships halts, shuts down non-essential systems, and activates the heat radiation gear.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
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.
gloss: The condition or quality of being hot.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Stay out of the heat of the sun!
gloss: An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
gloss: A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
gloss: An undesirable amount of attention.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.
gloss: A fastball.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.
gloss: A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The male canines were attracted by the female in heat.
gloss: A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
examples: Some stories engage in dub-con scenarios where one or both partners are out of their minds with heat lust and lose all reasoning and inhibitions.
When Yuri goes into his first heat, it is not only an uncomfortable and traumatic physical experience, it is also an identity crisis: this is the moment realizes that he is an omega, and not a beta as he had previously assumed.
Hannibal's first kiss and his alpha saliva trigger Will's heat, […]
gloss: A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
endearing
slang
uncountable
gloss: A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The runner had high hopes, but was out of contention after the first heat.
gloss: A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
examples: The first heat of the Rotary Young Chef Competition went underway on Monday 16th December…
gloss: One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: I can make a scroll like that in a single heat.
The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining.
gloss: A hot spell.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The children stayed indoors during this year's summer heat.
gloss: Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I'm freezing; could you turn on the heat?
The couple's sustainability efforts also included installing radiant heat under the concrete-slab floor.
gloss: The output of a heating system.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: During the power outage we had no heat because the controls are electric. Older folks like more heat than the young.
gloss: A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: …many pauses are required for refreshment betwixt the heats….
gloss: The police.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
examples: The heat! Scram!
What a field day for the heat / A thousand people in the street
If you’re black / You might as well not show up on the street / Unless you want to draw the heat
gloss: One or more firearms.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
examples: You carrying heat?" "You saw me unload the pistol," Hugo said. "It's in the waistband. And the kitchen knife. I need that for eating.
Evidently, he wasn't carrying heat with him at the time." "Civilized place like Rome, why bother?" Granger observed.
Pogo Burns is not a guy who likes to be threatened with a rifle. Especially when it's for no good reason. You never show heat unless you plan to use it.
"I should have brought some heat for you." "Heat?" "A burner, man, a gun."
Both were carrying heat, and I slipped their pieces into my pants pockets.
gloss: Stylish and valuable sneakers.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
examples: Whoa, that guy is rocking some serious heat.
Even the boy bands had heat.
The sneaker release calendar is unpredictable like the weather. Some kicks are pure heat, while others deserve to be left out in the cold. Sifting through the mass isn't easy.
So from a working standpoint, does everyone wear heat in the kitchen? I heard you and your chefs talking about it before the interview.
February is always a great month for sneakers. Thanks to the NBA All-Star Game, all of the league's brightest stars use the platform as an opportunity to debut some new heat.
gloss: A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I'll heat up the water.
gloss: To become hotter.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
gloss: To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: Ile leaue you my ſweete Ladie, for a while, pray walke ſoftly, doe not heate your bloud, what, I muſt haue care of you.
gloss: To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: A noble emulation heats your breaſt, / And your own fame now robs you of your reſt.
gloss: To arouse, to excite (sexually).
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: The massage heated her up.
Synonyms: stoke
warm up
heat up
hot up
hot
Derived words: afterheat
animal heat
bioheat
bloodheat
body heat
bottom heat
canned heat
catch heat
dead heat
feel the heat
heat alarm
heat apoplexy
heat bank
heat barrier
heat capacity
heat check
heat checker
heat conductance
heat conductivity
heat day
heat death
heat death of the universe
heat detector
heat dome
heat dump
heaten
heat engine
heat exchange
heat exchanger
heat exhaustion
heatful
heat gun
heat haze
heat index
heat intolerance
heat island
heat labile
heat lamp
heatless
heat lightning
heat map
heatmapping
heat of fusion
heat of passion
heat of reaction
heat of transformation
heat of vaporization
heat paste
heat plot
heat-proof
heatproof
heat pump
heat rash
heat-ray
heat-resistant
heat resistant
heatronic
heat rub
heatscore
heat-seal
heatseeker
heat-seeking
heat shield
heatshield
heat shock
heat shock protein
heat shrink
heatsick
heat sink
heatspot
heat spreader
heat stable
heat storm
heat stroke
heatstroke
heat thunder
heat time
heat transfer
heat-treat
heat treater
heat-treating
heat treatment
heat vision
heat wave
heatwave
heaty
humid heat
in heat
in the heat of the moment
Joulean heat
Joule heat
latent heat
like a bitch on heat
like a dog in heat
like a dog on heat
molar heat capacity
more heat than light
Nernst heat theorem
on heat
out of heat
over-heat
pack heat
prickly heat
put the heat on
radiant heat
red heat
Scoville heat unit
specific heat
specific heat capacity
take the heat
tan heat
the heat is on
turn up the heat
white heat
deheat
ultraheat
desuperheat
foreheat
heatability
heatable
heat-and-eat
heater
heat through
heat up
overheat
preheat
reheat
resuperheat
self-heating
steam-heat
superheat
underheat
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: op hitte
lang: Bulgarian
word: разгоненост
roman: razgonenost
lang: Cimbrian
word: brissinghe
lang: Czech
word: říje
lang: Danish
word: løbetid
lang: Danish
word: brunst
lang: Dutch
word: loops
lang: Dutch
word: krols
lang: Dutch
word: tochtig
lang: Dutch
word: broeds
lang: Esperanto
word: oestro
lang: Finnish
word: kiima
lang: Finnish
word: juoksuaika
lang: French
word: chaleur
lang: French
word: rut
lang: Galician
word: celo
lang: Galician
word: estro
lang: Galician
word: sazón
lang: German
word: Brunst
lang: German
word: Hitze
lang: German
word: Rolligkeit
lang: German
word: Läufigkeit
lang: German
word: Brunft
lang: Hebrew
word: יִחוּם
roman: yichúm
lang: Hungarian
word: tüzelés
lang: Ingrian
word: jooksuaika
lang: Irish
word: adhall
lang: Irish
word: catachas
lang: Irish
word: clíth
lang: Irish
word: dáir
lang: Irish
word: eachmairt
lang: Irish
word: reithíocht
lang: Italian
word: calore
lang: Italian
word: estro
lang: Latin
word: oestrus
lang: Latvian
word: meklēšanās
lang: Lithuanian
word: ruja
lang: Middle English
word: hete
lang: Norwegian
word: brunst
lang: Polish
word: ruja
lang: Polish
word: cieczka
lang: Portuguese
word: cio
lang: Portuguese
word: estro
lang: Romanian
word: căldură
lang: Romanian
word: rut
lang: Russian
word: те́чка
roman: téčka
lang: Russian
word: гон
roman: gon
lang: Russian
word: охо́та
roman: oxóta
lang: Sindhi
word: وَڙُ
roman: vaṛu
lang: Spanish
word: celo
lang: Spanish
word: estro
lang: Spanish
word: brama
lang: Spanish
word: cachondez
lang: Spanish
word: berrea
lang: Swedish
word: brunst
lang: Swedish
word: löptid
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قیزغینلق
roman: kızgınlık