heat

  • 41heat — [[t]hit[/t]] n. 1) the condition or quality of being hot; the state of a body having or generating a high degree of warmth 2) degree of hotness; temperature: moderate heat[/ex] 3) the sensation of warmth or hotness 4) a bodily temperature higher… …

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  • 43heat — /hit / (say heet) noun 1. the quality or condition of being hot. 2. the sensation of hotness or warmth; heated bodily condition. 3. Psychology a blended sensation, caused by stimulating the warmth and cold receptors on the skin. 4. Physics energy …

  • 44heat — noun 1》 the quality of being hot; high temperature.     ↘Physics heat seen as a form of energy arising from the random motion of the molecules of bodies.     ↘technical the amount of heat needed for or evolved in a specific process.     ↘a source …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 45heat — 1. the heat n. the police. (Underworld.) □ The heat is gonna catch up with you, Ernie. □ Who tipped the heat off about me? 2. n. pressure. □ There’s a lot of heat on Fred right now. □ …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 46heat — Synonyms and related words: John Law, Le Mans, a transient madness, abandon, activate, agitate, agitation, air race, anger, angriness, animate, annoy, ardency, ardor, arousal, arouse, automobile race, awake, awaken, bake, barbecue, baste, bicycle …

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  • 47heat — 1. noun 1) a plant sensitive to heat Syn: warmth, hotness, warmness, high temperature; hot weather, warm weather, sultriness, mugginess, humidity; heat wave, hot spell Ant: cold 2) …

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  • 48heat — 1. A high temperature; the sensation produced by proximity to fire or an incandescent object, as opposed to cold. 2. The kinetic energy of atoms and molecules, as well as rotation and vibration. 3. SYN: estrus. 4. SYN …

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  • 49heat — n 1. hotness, calefaction, warmth, warmness, caloric, caloricity; torridity, torridness, fieriness, red heat; incandescence, white heat; tepidity, tepidness, lukewarmness, lukewarmth. 2. fever, temperature, Inf. temp, Pathol. pyrexia, febricity,… …

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  • 50heat — I. verb Etymology: Middle English heten, from Old English hǣtan; akin to Old English hāt hot Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to become warm or hot 2. to start to spoil from heat transitive verb 1. to make warm or hot 2 …

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