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heat

(h/i/t )

a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature(noun.phenomenon)

Synonym:
heat energy

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the presence of heat(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
high temperature, hotness
Antonym:
cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature

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the sensation caused by heat energy(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
warmth

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the trait of being intensely emotional(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
passion, warmth

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

Synonym:
estrus, oestrus, rut
Antonym:
anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus

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a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race(noun.event)

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utility to warm a building(noun.artifact)

Example:
The heating system wasn't working.
They have radiant heating.

Synonym:
heating, heating plant, heating system

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A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode of motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric.(noun)

source: webster1913

make hot or hotter(verb.change)

Example:
The sun heats the oceans.
Heat the water on the stove.

Synonym:
heat up
Antonym:
chill, cool, cool down

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provide with heat(verb.possession)

Example:
Heat the house.

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arouse or excite feelings and passions(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
fire up, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake

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gain heat or get hot(verb.change)

Example:
The room heated up quickly.

Synonym:
heat up, hot up

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To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like.(verb)

source: webster1913
To grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat; as, the iron or the water heats slowly.(verb)

source: webster1913