Meaning

21 senses

  1. (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

  2. (countable, uncountable)The condition or quality of being hot.

    Stay out of the heat of the sun!

    Hitze, Wärme

    теплота́teplotá, нагре́вnagrév, нака́лnakál

  3. (uncountable)An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.

    The chili sauce gave the dish heat.

    Schärfe

    острота́ostrotá

  4. (uncountable)A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.

    It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.

    Hitze

    пылpyl, нака́лnakál

  5. (uncountable)An undesirable amount of attention.

    The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.

  6. (countable)A fastball.

    The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.

    Lauf

  7. (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.

  8. 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.

  9. (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

  10. (countable, slang, uncountable)Semi-softcore NSFW art, primarily when posted to video-sharing websites.

  11. (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

  12. (broadly, countable)A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.

Examples

839 sentences

  1. Tom is used to the heat.

    Том звиклий до спеки. — deniko

    ruТом привык к жаре. — marafon

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  2. I was affected by the summer heat.

    Літня спека вплинула на мене. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ пострадал от летней жары. — habitr

    deIch wurde durch die Sommerhitze beeinträchtigt. — Esperantostern

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  3. The sun gives us heat and light.

    Сонце дає нам тепло й світло. — brambury

    ruСолнце даёт нам тепло и свет. — odexed

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  4. Tom passed out from the heat.

    Від спеки Том втратив свідомість. — deniko

    ruОт жары Том потерял сознание. — Karok

    deTom ist wegen der Hitze bewusstlos geworden. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. The heat is terrible today.

    Сьогодні жахлива спека. — shanghainese

    ruСегодня ужасная жара. — sharptoothed

    deDie Hitze ist heute fürchterlich. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
thermal energy:
Русский
By meaning 6
condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile:
thermal energy:
condition or quality of being hot:
attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth:
period of intensity, particularly of emotion:
hot spell:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile:
thermal energy:
attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth:
fastball:
preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race:
slang: the police:

Origin

From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Pro

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”), 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: heats
Singularheat
Pluralheats

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
passionB1vehemencerut
Close in meaning

Word family

87 related words
Derivedafterheatanimal heatbioheatbloodheatbody heatbottom heatcanned heatcatch heatdead heatheat alarmheat apoplexyheat bankheat barrierheat capacityheat checkheat checkerheat conductanceheat conductivityheat dayheat deathheat detectorheat domeheat dumpheaten

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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