HEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heat mean? 

• HEAT (noun)
  The noun HEAT has 7 senses:

1. a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

2. the presence of heat

3. the sensation caused by heat energy

4. the trait of being intensely emotional

5. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

6. a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

7. utility to warm a building

  Familiarity information: HEAT used as a noun is common.

• HEAT (verb)
  The verb HEAT has 4 senses:

1. make hot or hotter

2. provide with heat

3. arouse or excite feelings and passions

4. gain heat or get hot

  Familiarity information: HEAT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

heat; heat energy

Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):

energy; free energy ((physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat"):

heat of transformation; latent heat (heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure)

specific heat (the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade)

heat of solution (the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent)

heat of formation (the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements)

heat of dissociation (the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents)

geothermal energy (energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth)

Derivation:

heat (make hot or hotter)

heat (gain heat or get hot)

heat (provide with heat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The presence of heat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

heat; high temperature; hotness

Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):

temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat"):

calefaction; incalescence (the property of being warming)

fieriness; red heat (the heat or the color of fire)

torridity (extreme heat)

warmness; warmth (the quality of having a moderate degree of heat)

white heat (the hotness of something heated until it turns white)

Derivation:

heat (make hot or hotter)

heat (gain heat or get hot)

heat (provide with heat)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The sensation caused by heat energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

heat; warmth

Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):

temperature (the somatic sensation of cold or heat)

Derivation:

heat (make hot or hotter)

heat (gain heat or get hot)

heat (provide with heat)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The trait of being intensely emotional

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

heat; passion; warmth

Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):

emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat"):

fieriness (a passionate and quick-tempered nature)

Derivation:

heat (arouse or excite feelings and passions)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

estrus; heat; oestrus; rut

Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):

race (a contest of speed)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Utility to warm a building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

heat; heating; heating plant; heating system

Context example:

they have radiant heating

Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):

utility (a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal)

Meronyms (parts of "heat"):

boiler; steam boiler (sealed vessel where water is converted to steam)

radiator (heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat"):

central heating (a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators)

gas heat (heating system that burns natural gas)

panel heating (heating system consisting of wall or floor or baseboard or ceiling panels containing electric conductors or heating pipes)

steam heat; steam heating (a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators)

Holonyms ("heat" is a part of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Derivation:

heat (provide with heat)

heat (gain heat or get hot)

• HEAT (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make hot or hotter

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

heat; heat up

Context example:

heat the water on the stove

Hypernyms (to "heat" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Cause:

heat; heat up; hot up (gain heat or get hot)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heat"):

crisp; crispen; toast (make brown and crisp by heating)

scald (heat to the boiling point)

soak (heat a metal prior to working it)

calcine (heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces)

preheat (heat beforehand)

overheat (make excessively or undesirably hot)

scorch; sear (make very hot and dry)

bake; broil (heat by a natural force)

reheat (heat again)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They heat the water

Antonym:

cool (make cool or cooler)

Derivation:

heatable (capable of becoming hot)

heater (device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room)

heat (the sensation caused by heat energy)

heat (the presence of heat)

heat (a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide with heat

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

heat the house

Hypernyms (to "heat" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heat"):

steam-heat (heat by means of steam)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

heat (utility to warm a building)

heat (the presence of heat)

heat (the sensation caused by heat energy)

heat (a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature)

heatable (capable of becoming hot)

heater (device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room)

heating (utility to warm a building)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Arouse or excite feelings and passions

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

fire up; heat; ignite; inflame; stir up; wake

Context example:

Wake old feelings of hatred

Hypernyms (to "heat" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heat"):

ferment (work up into agitation or excitement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

heat (the trait of being intensely emotional)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Gain heat or get hot

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

heat; heat up; hot up

Context example:

The room heated up quickly

Hypernyms (to "heat" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heat"):

overheat (get excessively and undesirably hot)

fry (be excessively hot)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The water heats

Antonym:

cool (loose heat)

Derivation:

heating (the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature)

heatable (capable of becoming hot)

heat (a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature)

heat (the sensation caused by heat energy)

heat (the presence of heat)

heat (utility to warm a building)

 Context examples 

As the dust heats up, it radiates infrared light.

(The Most Luminous Galaxy in Universe, NASA)

It is only the heat of the weather, said the princess: I feel it very warm too.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Don’t heat up a relationship too fast because it is likely to puff up and then puff out just as quickly.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

These I heated before the fire, as well as I could, and rubbed them till the husks came off, which I made a shift to winnow from the grain.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

By heating and cooling a magnetic material, one can turn its magnetism off and on.

(New Materials Developed by Scientists Able to Move in Response to Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

We have developed a new method for essentially recovering energy from waste heat.

(Harvesting Electrical Power from Waste Heat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Infrared light is an indicator of heat energy.

(Lava or Not, Exoplanet 55 Cancri e Likely to have Atmosphere, NASA)

Martin felt the heat in his face of the involuntary blood, and Brissenden laughed triumphantly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The sultry heat had become unendurable.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Presently we both began to be conscious that the heat was beginning to be of some effect.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)