heat

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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”), Icelandic hiti (“heat”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hēt, IPA(key): /hiːt/ (General American) enPR: hēt, IPA(key): /hit/ Rhymes: -iːt ==== Noun ==== heat (countable and uncountable, plural heats) (uncountable) Thermal energy. Alternative form: q (symbol) (uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot. (uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth. (uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion. Synonyms: passion, vehemence (uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention. (countable, baseball) A fastball. (uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate. Synonym: rut Hyponyms: estrus, oestrus, musth (countable, fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate. 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 40: When Yuri goes into his first heat, it is not only an uncomfortable and traumatic physical experience, it is also an identity crisis: this is the moment realizes that he is an omega, and not a beta as he had previously assumed. (slang, endearing) The arousal or horniness of a person, likened to that of a mammal. (countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race. (countable, by extension) A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round. (countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further. (countable) A hot spell. (uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building. (uncountable) The output of a heating system. (countable) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort. (uncountable, slang) The police. (uncountable, slang) One or more firearms. (uncountable, slang) Stylish and valuable sneakers. (professional wrestling slang) A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English heten, from Old English hǣtan (“to heat; become hot”), from Proto-Germanic *haitijaną (“to heat, make hot”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hēt, IPA(key): /hiːt/ (General American) enPR: hēt, IPA(key): /hit/ Rhymes: -iːt ==== Verb ==== heat (third-person singular simple present heats, present participle heating, simple past and past participle heated or (dialectal or obsolete) heat or (dialectal) het) (transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up"). (intransitive) To become hotter. (transitive, figurative) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish. (transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions. (transitive, slang) To arouse, to excite (sexually). ===== Synonyms ===== stoke warm up heat up; hot up, hot ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Either an alternative spelling of het (“heated”), a continuation of late Middle English heet, het (an analogical simple past of heten (“to heat”) created on the basis of bet, the past tense of beten (“to beat”)), or a later analogical formation from the past forms of beten's modern reflex beat. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: hēt (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hiːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /hit/ Rhymes: -iːt enPR: hĕt IPA(key): /hɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt Homophone: het ==== Verb ==== heat (dialectal or obsolete) simple past and past participle of heat === References === === Further reading === “heat”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “heat”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. === Anagrams === Thea, eath, haet, hate, heta == Scottish Gaelic == === Noun === heat m (chiefly Lewis, south Skye) anything, (in the negative) nothing Synonyms: càil, dad, func, sgath, sìon, stuth == Swedish == === Etymology === From English heat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhiːt/ Homophone: hit === Noun === heat n (sports) A heat, a preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== försöksheat kvalheat mellanheat skiljeheat uppsamlingsheat === Anagrams === Thea, heta