heat
Appearance
See also: HEAT
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: hēt, IPA(key): /hiːt/
Audio (US): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /hit/, [çit]
- Rhymes: -iːt
Etymology 1
[edit]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”), 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
[edit]heat (countable and uncountable, plural heats)
- (uncountable) Thermal energy.
- 2007, James Shipman, Jerry Wilson, Aaron Todd, An Introduction to Physical Science: Twelfth Edition, pages 106–108:
- 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°.
- '2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Space Combat: Combat Endurance Codex entry:
- 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.
- 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
- 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.
- (uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
- Stay out of the heat of the sun!
- (uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
- The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
- (uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
- (uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.
- The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.
- (countable, baseball) A fastball.
- The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.
- (uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate; oestrus.
- The male canines were attracted by the female in heat.
- (countable, fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.
- 2013, Kristina Busse, “Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse”, in Anne Jamison, editor, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, page 321:
- 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.
- 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 40:
- 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.
- 2018, Laura Campillo Arnaiz, “When the Omega Empath Met the Alpha Doctor: An Analysis of Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics in the Hannibal Fandom”, in Ashton Spacey, editor, The Darker Side of Slash Fan Fiction, page 127:
- Hannibal's first kiss and his alpha saliva trigger Will's heat, […]
- (countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
- The runner had high hopes, but was out of contention after the first heat.
- (countable, by extension) A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
- 2019 December 20, Becca, lakedistricthotels.net[1]:
- The first heat of the Rotary Young Chef Competition went underway on Monday 16th December…
- (countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
- I can make a scroll like that in a single heat.
- 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
- 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.
- (countable) A hot spell.
- The children stayed indoors during this year's summer heat.
- (uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
- I'm freezing; could you turn on the heat?
- (uncountable) The output of a heating system.
- During the power outage we had no heat because the controls are electric. Older folks like more heat than the young.
- (countable) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
- 1767, John Dryden, THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN,Esq; Containing all his ORIGINAL POEMS, TITLES, AND TRANSLATIONS, IN FOUR VOLUMES.: VOLUME THE THIRD, page xxvii:
- …many pauses are required for refreshment betwixt the heats….
- (uncountable, slang) The police.
- The heat! Scram!
- 1966 December, Stephen Stills, “For What It's Worth”[2]performed by Buffalo Springfield:
- What a field day for the heat / A thousand people in the street
- 1976, Jacques Levy, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Hurricane”, in Desire, performed by Bob Dylan:
- If you’re black / You might as well not show up on the street / Unless you want to draw the heat
- (uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.
- 1983, Larry Niven with Jerry Pournelle, Lucifer's hammer, page 508:
- 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.
- 2004, Tom Clancy, The Teeth of the Tiger, page 62:
- Evidently, he wasn't carrying heat with him at the time." "Civilized place like Rome, why bother?" Granger observed.
- 2005, John Sayles, Pride of the Bimbos, page 187:
- 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.
- 2007, Brian Groh, Summer People, page 234:
- "I should have brought some heat for you." "Heat?" "A burner, man, a gun."
- 2008, James Swain, The Night Stalker, page 92:
- Both were carrying heat, and I slipped their pieces into my pants pockets.
- (uncountable, slang) Stylish and valuable sneakers.
- Whoa, that guy is rocking some serious heat.
- 2011 September 26, Nick Restivo, “Choreographed Kicks: A History of Boy Bands in Sneaker Heat”, in Complex[3], New York, N.Y.: Complex Networks, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-29:
- Even the boy bands had heat.
- 2020 July 2, Fabian Gorsler, “This Week's Sneaker Weather Forecast Gets Hot & Sweaty”, in Highsnobiety[4], archived from the original on 29 August 2023:
- 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.
- 2021 September 4, Ross Dwyer, “Sole Mates: Chef James Kent and the Union x Air Jordan 1”, in Hypebeast[5], archived from the original on 2022-12-25:
- So from a working standpoint, does everyone wear heat in the kitchen? I heard you and your chefs talking about it before the interview.
- 2023 May 1, Pat Benson, “The NBA's Top Ten Sneakers of February”, in Sports Illustrated[6], New York, N.Y.: Arena Group Holdings, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 August 2023:
- 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.
- (professional wrestling slang) A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general.
Derived terms
[edit]- animal heat
- body heat
- bottom heat
- canned heat
- catch heat
- dead heat
- feel the heat
- heat apoplexy
- heat bank
- heat barrier
- heat capacity
- heat check
- heat checker
- heat conductance
- heat conductivity
- heat day
- heat death
- heat death of the universe
- heat detector
- heat dome
- heat dump
- heaten
- heat engine
- heat exchange
- heat exchanger
- heat exhaustion
- heat gun
- heat haze
- heat index
- heat intolerance
- heat island
- heat lamp
- heat lightning
- heat map
- heat of fusion
- heat of passion
- heat of reaction
- heat of transformation
- heat of vaporization
- heat paste
- heat plot
- heat-proof
- heatproof
- heat pump
- heat rash
- heat-ray
- heat-resistant
- heat resistant
- heat rub
- heat-seal
- heat-seeking
- heat shield
- heat shock
- heat shock protein
- heat shrink
- heat sink
- heat spreader
- heat storm
- heat stroke
- heatstroke
- heat thunder
- heat time
- heat transfer
- heat-treat
- heat treater
- heat treatment
- heat vision
- heatwave
- heat wave
- humid heat
- in heat
- in the heat of the moment
- Joulean heat
- Joule heat
- latent heat
- like a bitch on heat
- like a dog in heat
- like a dog on heat
- molar heat capacity
- more heat than light
- on heat
- out of heat
- over-heat
- pack heat
- prickly heat
- put the heat on
- red heat
- Scoville heat unit
- specific heat
- specific heat capacity
- take the heat
- tan heat
- the heat is on
- turn up the heat
- white heat
Translations
[edit]thermal energy
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condition or quality of being hot
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attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth
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period of intensity, particularly of emotion
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undesirable amount of attention
slang: the police
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slang: one or more firearms
fastball
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condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile
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preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race
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one cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further
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hot spell
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heating system — see heating
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English heten, from Old English hǣtan (“to heat; become hot”), from Proto-Germanic *haitijaną (“to heat, make hot”).
Verb
[edit]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").
- I'll heat up the water.
- (intransitive) To become hotter.
- There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
- (transitive, figurative) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
- c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- Ile leaue you my ſweete Ladie, for a while, pray walke ſoftly, doe not heate your bloud, what, I muſt haue care of you.
- (transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
- a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “To His Sacred Majesty. A Panegyric on his Coronation.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume I, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 34:
- A noble emulation heats your breaſt, / And your own fame now robs you of your reſt.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse, to excite (sexually).
- The massage heated her up.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]to cause an increase in temperature of an object or space
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to arouse, to excite (sexually)
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Translations to be checked
Further reading
[edit]- “heat”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “heat”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “heat”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “heat”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
Anagrams
[edit]Scottish Gaelic
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[edit]heat m
Swedish
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[edit]heat n
- (sports) A heat, a preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race
- Johansson och Skoog går vidare från det första heatet.
- Johansson and Skoog are through from the first heat.
Declension
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