📖 Definitions of "Heats"
- 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."
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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."
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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.
- 1
(plural noun) A period of hot weather.
"Everyone suffered during the heats of July."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Heats"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| igniteverb | (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something) |
| heat upverb | To heat, to cause to become hotter. |
| hot upverb | (UK, Ireland, informal) To make or become more sexually appealing, enticing or exciting. |
| inflameverb | (transitive, figuratively) To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat. |
| fire upverb | (transitive, computing, informal) To launch; to run. |
| hotnessnoun | The condition of being hot. |
| warmthnoun | A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm. |
| stir upverb | (transitive) To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.). |
| rutnoun | (figurative) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. |
| estrusnoun | (American spelling) Alternative spelling of oestrus. [(countable) A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.] |
| passionnoun | Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate. |
| oestrusnoun | (countable and uncountable, biology) A female animal's readiness to mate. |
| heat energynoun | a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature |
| heating plant | A heating plant, also called a physical plant, or steam plant, generates thermal energy in the form of steam for use in district heating applications. |
| heating systemnoun | utility to warm a building |
| high temperaturenoun | the presence of heat |
| temperaturenoun | A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer. |
| chaleurnoun | — |
| warmsverb | (transitive) To make or keep warm. |
| roastsnoun | (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. |
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