heat

/hi:t/

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Word: Heat

Part of Speech: Noun and Verb

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Noun

1. utility to warm a building
   • the heating system wasn't working
   • they have radiant heating
2. a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
3. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
4. the trait of being intensely emotional
5. the sensation caused by heat energy
6. the presence of heat
7. a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

Verb

1. gain heat or get hot
   • The room heated up quickly
2. arouse or excite feelings and passions
   • 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
3. provide with heat
   • heat the house
4. make hot or hotter
   • the sun heats the oceans
   • heat the water on the stove

Synonyms

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