heat
//ˈhiːt//
Forms
- Plural
- heats
- present (v1)
- heat
- past (v2)
- heated
- past participle (v3)
- heated
- present participle
- heating
- 3rd person singular
- heats
Definitions
1.Thermal energy.
- 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.The condition or quality of being hot.
- Stay out of the heat of the sun!
3.An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
- The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
4.A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
- It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
1.To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
- I'll heat up the water.
2.To become hotter.
- There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
3.To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
4.To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1177
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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”).