Etimology
From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kayd-, a derived form of *kay- (“heat; hot”). Cognate with Scots hete (“heat”), North Frisian hiet (“heat”), Old High German heizī (“heat”). Related also to Dutch hitte (“heat”), German Hitze (“heat”), Swedish hetta (“heat”), Icelandic hiti (“heat”).
noun
heat (countable and uncountable, plural heats)
(uncountable) Thermal energy.
(uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
(uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
(uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
(uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.
(countable, baseball) A fastball.
(uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate; oestrus.
(countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race
(countable, by extension) A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
(countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
(countable) A hot spell.
(uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
(uncountable) The output of a heating system.
(countable) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
(uncountable, slang) The police.
(uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.
(uncountable, slang) Stylish and valuable sneakers.
(professional wrestling slang) A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general.
Examples
Heat and temperature, although different, are intimately related. [...] For example, suppose you added equal amounts of heat to equal masses of iron and aluminum. How do you think their temperatures would change? […] if the temperature of the iron increased by 100 C°, the corresponding temperature change in the aluminum would be only 48 C°.
Heat limits the length and intensity of ship-to-ship combat. Starships generate enormous s'heat when they fire high-energy weapons, perform maneuvering burns, and run on-board combat electronics.In combat, warships produce heat more quickly than they can disperse it. As heat builds within a vessel, the crewed spaces become increasingly uncomfortable. Before the heat reaches lethal levels, a ship must win or retreat by entering FTL. After an FTL run, the ships halts, shuts down non-essential systems, and activates the heat radiation gear.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
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.
Stay out of the heat of the sun!
The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
Synonyms: passion, vehemence
It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.
The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.
The male canines were attracted by the female in heat.
Some stories engage in dub-con scenarios where one or both partners are out of their minds with heat lust and lose all reasoning and inhibitions.
When Yuri goes into his first heat, it is not only an uncomfortable and traumatic physical experience, it is also an identity crisis: this is the moment realizes that he is an omega, and not a beta as he had previously assumed.
Hannibal's first kiss and his alpha saliva trigger Will's heat, […]
The runner had high hopes, but was out of contention after the first heat.
The first heat of the Rotary Young Chef Competition went underway on Monday 16th December…
I can make a scroll like that in a single heat.
The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining.
The children stayed indoors during this year's summer heat.
I'm freezing; could you turn on the heat?
During the power outage we had no heat because the controls are electric. Older folks like more heat than the young.
…many pauses are required for refreshment betwixt the heats….
The heat! Scram!
What a field day for the heat / A thousand people in the street
If you’re black / You might as well not show up on the street / Unless you want to draw the heat
You carrying heat?" "You saw me unload the pistol," Hugo said. "It's in the waistband. And the kitchen knife. I need that for eating.
Evidently, he wasn't carrying heat with him at the time." "Civilized place like Rome, why bother?" Granger observed.
Pogo Burns is not a guy who likes to be threatened with a rifle. Especially when it's for no good reason. You never show heat unless you plan to use it.
"I should have brought some heat for you." "Heat?" "A burner, man, a gun."
Both were carrying heat, and I slipped their pieces into my pants pockets.
Whoa, that guy is rocking some serious heat.
Even the boy bands had heat.
The sneaker release calendar is unpredictable like the weather. Some kicks are pure heat, while others deserve to be left out in the cold. Sifting through the mass isn't easy.
So from a working standpoint, does everyone wear heat in the kitchen? I heard you and your chefs talking about it before the interview.
February is always a great month for sneakers. Thanks to the NBA All-Star Game, all of the league's brightest stars use the platform as an opportunity to debut some new heat.
Etimology
From Middle English heten, from Old English hǣtan (“to heat; become hot”), from Proto-Germanic *haitijaną (“to heat, make hot”).
verb
heat (third-person singular simple present heats, present participle heating, simple past and past participle heated or (dialectal) het)
(transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
(intransitive) To become hotter.
(transitive, figurative) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
(transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
(transitive, slang) To arouse, to excite (sexually).
Examples
I'll heat up the water.
There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
Ile leaue you my ſweete Ladie, for a while, pray walke ſoftly, doe not heate your bloud, what, I muſt haue care of you.
A noble emulation heats your breaſt, / And your own fame now robs you of your reſt.
The massage heated her up.
Related words
synonyms
stoke
warm up
heat up; hot up, hot