Heat (IPA: /ˈhit/)
| Heat (n.) |
A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric. |
| Heat (n.) |
The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold. |
| Heat (n.) |
High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc. |
| Heat (n.) |
Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise. |
| Heat (n.) |
A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats. |
| Heat (n.) |
A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three. |
| Heat (n.) |
Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party. |
| Heat (n.) |
Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation. |
| Heat (n.) |
Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency. |
| Heat (n.) |
Sexual excitement in animals. |
| Heat (n.) |
Fermentation. |
| Heat (v. t.) |
To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like. |
| Heat (v. t.) |
To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish. |
| Heat (v. t.) |
To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions. |
| Heat (v. i.) |
To grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat; as, the iron or the water heats slowly. |
| Heat (v. i.) |
To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action; as, green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the dunghill. |
| Heat (imp. & p. p.) |
Heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot. |
| Heat |
Energy transfer process, or its amount (and direction), that is associated with a temperature difference |
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In pro wrestling |
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Free software |
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1995 film directed by Michael Mann |
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1972 film by Paul Morrissey, produced by Andy Warhol |
| Heat Synonyms |
Rut, Estrus, Oestrus |
| Heat Synonyms |
Heat Energy |
| Heat Synonyms |
Heating Plant, Heating System, Heating |
| Heat Synonyms |
High Temperature, Hotness |
| Heat Synonyms |
Warmth |
| Heat Synonyms |
Passion, Warmth |
| Heat Synonyms |
Heat Up |
| Heat Synonyms |
Hot Up, Heat Up |
| Heat Synonyms |
Stir Up, Wake, Inflame, Ignite, Fire U |
| Spanish Translation |
Heat in Spanish is Calor |
| Tagalog Translation |
Heat in Tagalog is Init |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " "It's a wonder to me ," said Adams sourly, that you don't simply melt down in the white heat of your brilliance ."" - Clifford D. Simak |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " (On Busch Memorial Stadium, site of the 1966 MLB All-Star Game) It sure holds the heat well." - Casey Stengel |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " And through the heat of conflict keeps the law In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw." - Law |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the law In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw." - William Wordsworth |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Borne the burden and heat of the day." - Carefulness |
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