heat
Thermal energy.
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
The condition or quality of being hot.
“Stay out of the heat of the sun!”
An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
“The chili sauce gave the dish heat.”
A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
“It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.”
Verb 4 meanings
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.”
To become hotter.
“There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.”
To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
Etymology
From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“heat; hot”). Cognate with Scots hete (“heat”), Saterland Frisian Hatte (“heat”), Old High German heizī (“heat”).
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HEAT at a glance
HEAT has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + A 1 + T 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,414 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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