| heat |
| 1. n. 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. | |
| 2. n. The condition or quality of being hot. | |
| Stay out of the heat of the sun! | |
| 3. n. An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth. | |
| The chili sauce gave the dish heat. | |
| 4. n. A period of intensity, particularly of emotion. | |
| It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment. | |
| 5. n. An undesirable amount of attention. | |
| The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable. | |
| 6. n. (slang) The police. | |
| The heat! Scram! | |
| 7. n. (slang) One or more firearms. | |
| 8. n. (baseball) A fastball. | |
| The catcher called for the heat, high and tight. | |
| 9. n. A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate. | |
| The male canines were attracted by the female in heat. | |
| 10. n. 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. | |
| 11. n. 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. | |
| 12. n. A hot spell. | |
| The children stayed indoors during this year's summer heat. | |
| 13. n. Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building. | |
| I'm freezing; could you turn on the heat? | |
| 14. n. 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. | |
| 15. v. To cause an increase in temperature of an object or space; to cause something to become hot (often with "up"). | |
| I'll heat up the water. | |
| 16. v. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish. | |
| 17. v. To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions. | |
| 18. v. To arouse, to excite (sexually). | |
| The massage heated her up. | |
