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Definition of 'heat' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) heat
the condition or quality of being hot; the state of a body having or generating a high degree of warmth.

2.  heat
degree of hotness; temperature:
moderate heat.

3.  heat
the sensation of warmth or hotness.

4.  heat
a bodily temperature higher than normal.

5.  heat
a source of heat, as a stove burner or furnace.

6.  heat
added or external energy that causes a rise in temperature, expansion, or other physical change.

7.  heat
hot weather or climate.

8.  heat
a period of hot weather.

9.  heat
sharp, pungent flavor; spiciness.

10.  heat
warmth or intensity of feeling; vehemence; passion.

11.  heat
maximum intensity in an activity or condition; height:
the heat of battle; the heat of passion.

12.  heat
tension or strain, as from the pressure of events:
in the heat of a hasty departure.

13.  heat
Slang.

14.  heat
pursuit or investigation by the police.

15.  heat
intensified or coercive pressure:
to put the heat on someone.

16.  heat
censure; blame; hostile response.

17.  heat
the police.

18.  heat
a firearm; gun.

19.  heat
a single intense effort or operation:
The painting was finished at a heat.

20.  heat
a single course in or division of a race or other contest.

21.  heat
a race or other contest in which competitors attempt to qualify for entry in the final race or contest.

22.  heat
a single operation of heating, as of metal in a furnace, in the treating and melting of metals.

23.  heat
a quantity of metal produced by such an operation.

24.  heat
sexual receptiveness in animals, esp. females.

25.  heat
the period or duration of such receptiveness:
to be in heat.

26.  heat
an indication of high temperature, as by the color or condition of something.

27. (v.t.) heat
to make hot or warm (often fol. by up).

28.  heat
to excite emotionally; inflame; rouse.

29. (v.i.) heat
to become hot or warm (often fol. by up).

30.  heat
to become excited emotionally.

31.  heat
heat up, to increase or become more active or intense.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME hete, OE hæmacr;tu, c. OFris, MD hēte, OHG heizī; n. der. from base of hot)

Definition of 'heat' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) heat, heat energy
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

2. (noun) hotness, heat, high temperature
the presence of heat

3. (noun) heat, warmth
the sensation caused by heat energy

4. (noun) heat, warmth, passion
the trait of being intensely emotional

5. (noun) estrus, oestrus, heat, rut
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

6. (noun) heat
a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

7. (verb) heating system, heating plant, heating, heat
utility to warm a building
"the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"

8. (verb) heat, heat up
make hot or hotter
"the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"

9. (verb) heat
provide with heat
"heat the house"

10. (verb) inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up
arouse or excite feelings and passions
"The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

11. (verb) heat, hot up, heat up
gain heat or get hot
"The room heated up quickly"


Definition of 'heat' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) heat
the quality of being hot, or how hot sth is
the heat coming from the radiator; the heat of the sun; Turn up the heat to 450; °.; Cook over a low/medium/high heat.

2.  heat
the system that keeps a building or room warm
Can you turn the heat up?; a building without heat

3.  heat
pressure to do sth
This win takes the heat off the team for a while.

4.  heat
take (the) heat
to deal well with pressure or criticism
He took a lot of heat for his boss's crazy idea.

5.  heat
in heat
(of a female animal) ready to mate

6.  heat
on heat
in heat

7. (verb) heat
to make warm or hot
Heat the milk.; people who are too poor to heat their homes


Definition of 'heat' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) heat
a force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric

2. (noun) heat
the sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold

3. (noun) heat
high temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc

4. (noun) heat
indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise

5. (noun) heat
a single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats

6. (noun) heat
a violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three

7. (noun) heat
utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party

8. (noun) heat
agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation

9. (noun) heat
animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency

10. (noun) heat
sexual excitement in animals

11. (noun) heat
fermentation

12.  heat
heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot

13. (verb) heat
to make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like

14. (verb) heat
to excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish

15. (verb) heat
to excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions

16. (verb) heat
to grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat; as, the iron or the water heats slowly

17. (verb) heat
to grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action; as, green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the dunghill


Definition of 'heat' The Standard Electrical Dictionary 

1.  heat
A form of kinetic energy, due to a confused oscillatory movement of the molecules of a body. Heat is not motion, as a heated body does not change its place; it is not momentum, but it is the energy of motion. If the quantity of molecular motion is doubled the momentum of the molecules is also doubled, but the molecular mechanical energy or heat is quadrupled.

As a form of energy it is measured by thermal units. The calorie is the most important, and unfortunately the same term applies to two units, the gram-degree C. and the kilogram-degree C. (See Calorie.) Calories are determined by a calorimeter, q. v.

Independent of quantity of heat a body may be hotter or colder. Thermometers are used to determine its temperature.

Heat is transmitted by conduction, a body conducting it slowly for some distance through its own substance. Bodies vary greatly in their conductivity for heat. It is also transmitted by convection of gases or liquids, when the heated molecules traveling through the mass impart their heat to other parts. Finally it is transmitted by ether waves with probably the speed of light. This mode of transmission and the phenomena of it were attributed to radiant heat. As a scientific term this is now dropped by many scientists. This practice very properly restricts the term "heat" to kinetic molecular motion.

The mechanical equivalent of heat is the number of units of work which the energy of one unit quantity of heat represents. (See Equivalents, Mechanical and Physical.)


Translation of 'heat' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the amount of hotness (of something), especially of things which are very hot
Test the heat of the water before you bath the baby.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hitte Arabic flag Arabic: سُخونَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: топлина
Brazilian flag Brazilian: calor Czech flag Czech: teplota German flag German: die Hitze, die Wärme
Danish flag Danish: varme; hede Greek flag Greek: θερμοκρασία Spanish flag Spanish: calor; temperatura
Estonian flag Estonian: soojus, kuumus Farsi flag Farsi: درجه حرارت Finnish flag Finnish: lämpötila
French flag French: température Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוֹם Hindi flag Hindi: ऊष्मा
Croatian flag Croatian: vrucina Hungarian flag Hungarian: forróság Indonesian flag Indonesian: panas
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hiti Italian flag Italian: calore Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 온도 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: karštis Latvian flag Latvian: karstums
Malay flag Malay: kepanasan Dutch flag Dutch: warmte, hitte Norwegian flag Norwegian: varme, hete
Polish flag Polish: temperatura Persian flag Persian: درجه حرارت Pashto flag Pashto: تودوخه ، ګرمى ، حرارت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: calor Romanian flag Romanian: temperatură Russian flag Russian: температура
Slovak flag Slovak: teplota Slovenian flag Slovenian: toplota Serbian flag Serbian: toplota
Swedish flag Swedish: hetta, värme Thai flag Thai: อุณหภูมิความร้อน Turkish flag Turkish: ısı, sıcaklık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 熱度 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: теплота Urdu flag Urdu: گرمی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sức nóng Chinese flag Chinese: 热度

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