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Heats

/hiːts/

Thermal energy.

📖 Definitions of "Heats"

noun
  1. 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. 2

    The condition or quality of being hot.

    "Stay out of the heat of the sun!"

  3. 3

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

    "The chili sauce gave the dish heat."

  4. 4

    A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.

    "It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment."

verb
  1. 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. 2

    To become hotter.

    "There's a pot of soup heating on the stove."

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

noun
  1. 1

    (plural noun) A period of hot weather.

    "Everyone suffered during the heats of July."

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