heat
Thermal energyThermal energy.
» Tom is used to the heat.
Том привык к жаре.
Том звиклий до спеки.
Meaning
21 senses(uncountable)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.
Wärmeenergie, Wärme
тепло́tepló, жарžar
тепло́tepló, жарžar
the sensation caused by heat energy
(countable, uncountable)The condition or quality of being hot.
Stay out of the heat of the sun!
Hitze, Wärme
теплота́teplotá, нагре́вnagrév, нака́лnakál
(uncountable)An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
Schärfe
острота́ostrotá
(uncountable)A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
Hitze
пылpyl, нака́лnakál
(uncountable)An undesirable amount of attention.
The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.
(countable)A fastball.
The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.
Lauf
(uncountable)A condition in which 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.
A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
(countable, slang)In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.
(countable, endearing, slang, uncountable)The sexual arousal of a person, likened to that of a mammal.
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
(countable, slang, uncountable)Semi-softcore NSFW art, primarily when posted to video-sharing websites.
(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.
Vorlauf
a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
(broadly, countable)A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
Examples
839 sentencesTom is used to the heat.
Том звиклий до спеки.
ruТом привык к жаре.
I was affected by the summer heat.
Літня спека вплинула на мене.
ruЯ пострадал от летней жары.
deIch wurde durch die Sommerhitze beeinträchtigt.
The sun gives us heat and light.
Сонце дає нам тепло й світло.
ruСолнце даёт нам тепло и свет.
Tom passed out from the heat.
Від спеки Том втратив свідомість.
ruОт жары Том потерял сознание.
deTom ist wegen der Hitze bewusstlos geworden.
The heat is terrible today.
Сьогодні жахлива спека.
ruСегодня ужасная жара.
deDie Hitze ist heute fürchterlich.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 6
By meaning 6
Origin
From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from ProFrom 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”). Related also to Dutch hitte (“heat”), German Hitze (“heat”), Swedish hetta (“heat”), Faroese and Icelandic hiti (“heat”). Related to hot.
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Forms
plural: heatsSynonyms
12 synonyms- the trait of being intensely emotional:warmthpassion
- the sensation caused by heat energy:warmth
- a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature:heat energy
- the presence of heat:hotnesshigh temperature
- applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity:estrusoestrusrut
- utility to warm a building:heating systemheating plantheating
Word family
87 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- in this heat
- the heat bothered
- turn the heat
- up the heat
- kind of heat
- the summer heat
- of the heat
- to the heat
- the heat of
- about the heat
- heat didn't bother
- from the heat