heat
(hēt)n.
1. Physics
a. A form of energy associated with the kinetic energy of atoms or molecules and capable of being transmitted through solid and fluid media by conduction, through fluid media by convection, and through empty space by radiation.
b. The transfer of energy from one body to another as a result of a difference in temperature or a change in phase.
2. The sensation or perception of such energy as warmth or hotness.
3. An abnormally high bodily temperature, as from a fever.
4.
a. The condition of being hot.
b. A degree of warmth or hotness: The burner was on low heat.
5.
a. The warming of a room or building by a furnace or another source of energy: The house was cheap to rent, but the heat was expensive.
b. A furnace or other source of warmth in a room or building: The heat was on when we returned from work.
6. A hot season; a spell of hot weather.
7.
a. Intensity, as of passion, emotion, color, appearance, or effect.
b. The most intense or active stage: the heat of battle.
c. A burning sensation in the mouth produced by spicy flavoring in food.
8. Estrus.
9. One of a series of efforts or attempts.
10.
a. Sports & Games One round of several in a competition, such as a race.
b. A preliminary contest held to determine finalists.
11. Informal Pressure; stress.
12. Slang
a. An intensification of police activity in pursuing criminals.
b. The police. Used with the.
13. Slang Adverse comments or hostile criticism: Heat from the press forced the senator to resign.
14. Slang A firearm, especially a pistol.
v. heat·ed, heat·ing, heats
v.tr.
1. To make warm or hot.
2. To excite the feelings of; inflame.
3. Physics To increase the heat energy of (an object).
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To become warm or hot.
2. To become excited emotionally or intellectually.
heat up Informal
To become acute or intense: "If inflation heats up, interest rates could increase" (Christian Science Monitor).
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heat
(hiːt)n
1. (General Physics)
a. the energy transferred as a result of a difference in temperature
b. the random kinetic energy of the atoms, molecules, or ions in a substance or body
2. (Physiology) the sensation caused in the body by heat energy; warmth
3. the state or quality of being hot
4. hot weather: the heat of summer.
5. intensity of feeling; passion: the heat of rage.
6. pressure: the political heat on the government over the economy.
7. the most intense or active part: the heat of the battle.
8. (Zoology) a period or condition of sexual excitement in female mammals that occurs at oestrus
9. (Individual Sports, other than specified) sport
a. a preliminary eliminating contest in a competition
b. a single section of a contest
10. slang police activity after a crime: the heat is off.
11. chiefly slang US criticism or abuse: he took a lot of heat for that mistake.
12. in the heat of the moment without pausing to think
13. (Zoology) on heat in heat
a. Also: in season (of some female mammals) sexually receptive
b. in a state of sexual excitement
14. the heat slang the police
15. turn up the heat turn on the heat informal to increase the intensity of activity, coercion, etc
vb
16. to make or become hot or warm
17. to make or become excited or intense
[Old English hǣtu; related to hāt hot, Old Frisian hēte heat, Old High German heizī]
ˈheatless adj
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heat
(hit)n.
1. the condition or quality of being hot; the state of a body having or generating a high degree of warmth.
2. degree of hotness; temperature: moderate heat.
3. the sensation of warmth or hotness.
4. a bodily temperature higher than normal.
5. a source of heat, as a stove burner or furnace.
6. added or external energy that causes a rise in temperature, expansion, or other physical change.
7. Physics. a nonmechanical energy transfer between regions of different temperature, as between a system and its surroundings or between two parts of the same system. Symbol: Q
8. hot weather or climate.
9. a period of hot weather.
10. sharp, pungent flavor; spiciness.
11. warmth or intensity of feeling; vehemence; passion.
12. maximum intensity in an activity or condition; height: the heat of battle; the heat of passion.
13. tension or strain, as from the pressure of events: in the heat of a hasty departure.
14. Slang.
a. pursuit or investigation by the police.
b. intensified or coercive pressure: to put the heat on someone.
c. censure; blame; hostile response.
d. the police.
e. a firearm; gun.
15. a single intense effort or operation: The painting was finished at a heat.
16.
a. a single course in or division of a race or other contest.
b. a race or other contest in which competitors attempt to qualify for entry in the final race or contest.
17.
a. a single operation of heating, as of metal in a furnace, in the treating and melting of metals.
b. a quantity of metal produced by such an operation.
18.
a. sexual receptiveness in animals, esp. females.
b. the period or duration of such receptiveness: to be in heat.
19. an indication of high temperature, as by the color or condition of something.
v.t. 20. to make hot or warm (often fol. by up).
21. to excite emotionally; inflame; rouse.
v.i. 22. to become hot or warm (often fol. by up).
23. to become excited emotionally.
24. heat up, to increase or become more active or intense.
[before 900; Middle English hete, Old English hǣtu, c. Old Frisian, Middle Dutch hēte, Old High German heizī; n. derivative from base of hot]
heat′a•ble, adj.
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heat
(hēt) A form of energy produced by the motion of molecules. The heat of a substance is the total energy produced by the motion of its molecules. See Note at temperature. See estrus.
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heat
- As a preliminary race for a sporting contest, it is so called because of its intensity.See also related terms for intensity.
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Heat
the ability of light and heat and other forms of radiant energy to cause chemical changes, as hormonal changes in birds causing them to migrate or brood. — actinic, adj.
imperviousness to radiant heat or infrared radiation. Also called athermancy.
adiathermancy.
the science of measuring heat. — calorimeter, n. — calorimetric, adj.
Rare. one who believed the caloric theory, that heat is a material substance. — caloristic, adj.
the process of generating heat by means of an electric current.
the branch of geology that measures temperatures deep below the surface of the earth; geologic thermometry.
the production or generation of heat. — pyrogenetic, adj.
the chemical process of decomposition under the effect of heat. — pyrolitic, adj.
a type of pyrometer that measures temperature optically or photometrically.
a moderate warmth; lukewarmness. — tepid, adj.
Medicine. the study of heat as a medical remedy or therapy. Also called thermotherapy.
the science or study of the emission of electrons from substances at high temperatures. — thermionic, adj.
the branch of chemistry that studies the relationship of heat to chemical changes, including the production of energy. — thermochemist, n. — thermochemical, adj.
the branch of physics that studies the relationship of heat and mechanical energy and the conversion, in various materials, of one into the other. — thermodynamicist, n. — thermodynamic, thermodynamical, adj.
the production of heat, especially in an animal body by physiological processes. — thermogenic, thermogenous, adj.
1. Engineering, a method of measuring surf ace temperatures by using luminescent materials.
2. a printing or photocopying process using infrared rays and heat.
3. a process of photography using far-infrared radiation; thermal photography. — thermographer, n. — thermographic, adj.
2. a printing or photocopying process using infrared rays and heat.
3. a process of photography using far-infrared radiation; thermal photography. — thermographer, n. — thermographic, adj.
the study of the movement of heat. — thermokinematic, adj.
Archaic. the science and study of heat. Also called thermotics.
Atomic Physics. any luminescence appearing in materials upon application of heat, caused by electron movement which increases as the temperature rises. — thermoluminescent, adj.
Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body. — thermolytic, adj.
the branch of physics that deals with the measurement of temperature. — thermometric, adj.
an abnormal fear of heat.
a device for giving an approximation of the temperature change of a substance by noting the accompanying change in its volume. — thermoscopic, adj.
the science or study of the equilibrium of heat.
1. Biology. the movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
2. Physiology. the regulation of body temperature by various physiological processes. — thermotactic, thermotaxic, adj.
2. Physiology. the regulation of body temperature by various physiological processes. — thermotactic, thermotaxic, adj.
thermatology.
thermology.
the property or quality by which matter permits the passage of heat. — transcalent, adj.
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Heat
See Also: WEATHER
- The days were like hot coals —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
See Also: DAY
- A glaring, summery heat covered everything like a layer of glass —Jean Thompson
- The heat came down on you like a leaden mantle, stifling you as it did so —Dominique Lapierre
- [Midsummer] heat closed in like a hand over a murder victim’s mouth —Truman Capote
- Heat fell on her like a blanket —Julia O’Faolain
- Heat gathers like fog —Angela Carter
- Heat … heavy as water —Dan Jacobson
- The heat … hung like a hot dust vapor —H. E. Bates
- Heat lay on the pavement like a tired dog in the doorway of a house —Aharon Megged
See Also: CITY/STREETSCAPES
- Heat shimmered and bent the fields like the landscape was a reflection in an old mirror —Will Weaver
See Also: LANDSCAPES
- The heat thick as a swamp —Margaret Atwood
- Heat thick as jelly —Elizabeth Enright
- The heat was like a tyrant who hated his subjects —William H. Hallhan
- The heat was like a wasting disease —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Heat waves … rising … like fumes off kerosene —Larry McMurtry
- Heat waves rose writhing like fine wavy hair —Wallace Stegner
- (Sun) hot as a blast furnace —Raymond Chandler
- Hot as a blister —Sir Francis C. Burnand
- Hot as a draft from hell —William H. Gass
- Hot as a four-alarm fire —H. C. Witwer
- Hot as a fox —Elizabeth Spencer
- Hot as a jungle —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Hot as a mink in Africa —Reynolds Price
- Hot as an oven —The Holy Bible
Writers and speakers have long repeated and enlarged upon this simile, changing the descriptive frame of reference altogether or switching from the oven to what comes out of it. Some of these old-timers include: “Hot as hell-fire” (John Dryden), “Hot as hate” (Hamlin Garland), “Hot as hammered hell/hot as hammered lightning” (American colloquialisms) and “Hot as a basted turkey” (Will Carleton).
- (On some nights, New York is as) hot as Bangkok —Saul Bellow
- Hot as live ash —Beryl Markham
- (I am as) hot as molten lead, and as heavy too —William Shakespeare
- (I’m) hot as shit —Richard Ford
- (Even the fog that day was) hot as soup —Marge Piercy
- Hot as the business end of a pistol —Delmore Schwartz
- Hot as the hinges of hell —Babs H. Deal
- The hot days pressed people flat as irons —Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
- Hot, like a furnace room —Frank Conroy
- It was like being inside a radiator —David Brierley
- It was more than hot: it was like being under a damp blanket in the tropics —Laurie Colwin
- Scorches like nettles —Babette Deutsch
- Steaming [from hot weather] like crabs in a soup pot —Margaret Laurence
- (The shallow ditches were) steaming like fresh cowflap —Paul Theroux
- [A hot bath] steams like a bowl of soup —Margaret Atwood
- (She was) trapped between the heat of the sun and the heat rising from the earth. It was like being struck simultaneously by gusts of fire from above and from below —Margaret Millar
- Warm as a newborn child —William Alfred
- Warm as summer —Walter Savage Landor
- Warm as veins —Ted Hughes
- (The water is) warm like my blood —Marge Piercy
- (A novel that) warms like a hug —Anon book blurb, quoted in advertisement from San Francisco Chronicle
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heat
In informal English, if you want to emphasize how hot the weather is, you can say that it is boiling or scorching.
'It's boiling in here,' complained Miriam.
That race was run in scorching weather.
In winter, if the temperature is above average, you say that it is mild. In general, hot suggests a higher temperature than warm, and warm things are usually pleasant.
The area is famous for its mild climate.
It was too hot even for a gentle stroll.
...a warm evening.
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heat
Past participle: heated
Gerund: heating
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heat
A form of energy passed between bodies of differing temperature.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  heat - a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperatureenergy, 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; "energy can take a wide variety of forms" geothermal energy - energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth heat of dissociation - the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents heat of formation - the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements 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 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 |
| 2. | heat - the presence of heat temperature - the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) calefaction, incalescence - the property of being warming torridity - extreme heat warmness, warmth - the quality of having a moderate degree of heat; "an agreeable warmth in the house" white heat - the hotness of something heated until it turns white | |
| 3. |  heat - the sensation caused by heat energytemperature - the somatic sensation of cold or heat | |
| 4. |  heat - the trait of being intensely emotionalemotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or quality fieriness - a passionate and quick-tempered nature | |
| 5. |  heat - applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activityphysical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions | |
| 6. | heat - a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race | |
| 7. |  heat - utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"boiler, steam boiler - sealed vessel where water is converted to steam building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" 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 radiator - heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings steam heat, steam heating - a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators 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; "the price of the house included all utilities" | |
| Verb | 1. | heat - make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" scald - heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk" soak - heat a metal prior to working it calcine - heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces preheat - heat beforehand; "Preheat the oven!" overheat - make excessively or undesirably hot; "The room was overheated" reheat - heat again; "Please reheat the food from last night" |
| 2. | heat - provide with heat; "heat the house" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" steam-heat - heat by means of steam | |
| 3. |  heat - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" ferment - work up into agitation or excitement; "Islam is fermenting Africa" | |
| 4. | heat - gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" overheat - get excessively and undesirably hot; "The car engines overheated" fry - be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried" |
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heat
verb
noun
1. warmth, hotness, temperature, swelter, sultriness, fieriness, torridity, warmness, calefaction leaves drooped in the fierce heat of the sun
warmth cold, coolness, coldness
warmth cold, coolness, coldness
2. hot weather, warmth, closeness, high temperature, heatwave, warm weather, hot climate, hot spell, mugginess The heat is killing me.
get heated up get excited, be stimulated, be stirred, become animated, be roused, be inflamed, be inspirited, become impassioned I get very heated up when people say that.
heat up
2. warm up, get hotter, become hot, rise in temperature, become warm, grow hot In the summer her mobile home heats up like an oven.
Proverbs
"If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen"
"If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen"
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heat
noun1. Intense warmth:
2. Intensity of feeling or reaction:
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Translations
أكثر الأوقات حرارةًحَرَارَةحَرارَهسُخونَهغَضَب، إنْفِعال
ohřátteplovedrožárvzrušení
varmehedei kampens hedemiddagshedeophidselse
kuumuuslämmittäälämpöpaahtaapaine
grijatitoplinavrućina
forrósághõhőhõséghőség
æsing, ákafi; í hita augnabliksinsheitasti tími dagsinshitahitilota, undanrás
熱熱する
가열하다열
atrankinės varžybosįsikarščiavimasįšiltikaitrakarščio banga
kaismekarstumspriekšsacīkstessakarsētsasildīt
otepliť sa
vročina
värmavärme
ความร้อนทำให้ร้อน
đốt nóngnhiệt
heat
[hiːt]A. N
1. (= warmth) → calor m (also heating) → calefacción f
in the heat of the day → en las horas de más calor
on or over a low heat (Culin) → a fuego lento
in the heat of the day → en las horas de más calor
on or over a low heat (Culin) → a fuego lento
2. (fig) (= excitement) → calor m; (= vehemence) → vehemencia f; (= pressure) → presión f
in the heat of the moment/battle → en el calor del momento/de la batalla
he replied with some heat → contestó bastante indignado or con bastante acaloramiento
when the heat is on → cuando hay presión
it'll take the heat off us → esto nos dará un respiro
to take the heat out of a situation → reducir la tensión de una situación
to turn on the heat → empezar a ejercer presión
the heat is on → ha llegado la hora de la verdad
we played well when the heat was on → a la hora de la verdad supimos jugar bien (Pol) → crear un ambiente de crisis
in the heat of the moment/battle → en el calor del momento/de la batalla
he replied with some heat → contestó bastante indignado or con bastante acaloramiento
when the heat is on → cuando hay presión
it'll take the heat off us → esto nos dará un respiro
to take the heat out of a situation → reducir la tensión de una situación
to turn on the heat → empezar a ejercer presión
the heat is on → ha llegado la hora de la verdad
we played well when the heat was on → a la hora de la verdad supimos jugar bien (Pol) → crear un ambiente de crisis
C. VI → calentarse
D. CPD heat exhaustion N → agotamiento m por el calor
heat haze N → calina f, calima f
heat loss N → pérdida f de calor
heat rash N → sarpullido m
heat shield N → escudo m contra el calor
heat treatment N → tratamiento m de calor
heat haze N → calina f, calima f
heat loss N → pérdida f de calor
heat rash N → sarpullido m
heat shield N → escudo m contra el calor
heat treatment N → tratamiento m de calor
heat up
A. VI + ADV (lit) → calentarse (fig) [discussion, debate] → acalorarse
B. VT + ADV (gen) → calentar; [+ food] → calentar, recalentar
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heat
[ˈhiːt] n
(fig) (= excitement) → ardeur f
in the heat of the election campaign → dans le feu de la campagne électorale
in the heat of the moment → dans le feu de l'action
in the heat of the election campaign → dans le feu de la campagne électorale
in the heat of the moment → dans le feu de l'action
(SPORT) (also qualifying heat) → éliminatoire f
(ZOOLOGY) on heat (British) in heat (US) → en chaleur
vt
[+ room, house, water] → chauffer
vi
[room] → se réchauffer
(fig) (= become more intense) → s'intensifier, gagner en intensité
vt
[+ building, room] → réchauffer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
heat
n
→ Hitze f; (pleasant, Phys) → Wärme f; (of curry etc) → Schärfe f; (= heating) → Heizung f; I don’t mind the heat → mir macht (die) Hitze nichts aus; in the heat of the day → wenn es heiß ist; on or over (a) low heat → bei schwacher Hitze; to regulate the heat (in oven) → die Hitze regulieren; (on fire) → die Wärme regulieren
(fig, of argument, discussion) → Hitze f; in the heat of the moment → in der Hitze des Gefechts; (when upset) → in der Erregung; the discussion generated quite a lot of heat → die Diskussion erhitzte die Gemüter; to take the heat out of the situation/an argument → die Situation/Diskussion entschärfen; with some heat (say, debate) → hitzig; in the heat of the election campaign → in der Aufregung des Wahlkampfs
vt → erhitzen; food also → aufwärmen, heiß or warm machen; house, room → heizen; pool → beheizen; (= provide with heat) house, town → beheizen
vi (room etc) → sich erwärmen, warm werden; (get very hot) → sich erhitzen, heiß werden; your dinner is heating in the oven → dein Essen steht (im Backofen) warm
heat
:heat exchanger
n → Wärme(aus)tauscher m
heat exhaustion
n → Hitzeschäden pl
heat flash
n → Hitzeblitz m
heat
:heat lightning
n → Wetterleuchten nt
heat loss
n → Wärmeverlust m
heatproof
adj → hitzebeständig
heat pump
n → Wärmepumpe f
heat rash
n → Hitzeausschlag m, → Hitzepocken pl
heat recovery
n → Wärmerückgewinnung f
heat-resistant
adj → hitzebeständig
heat-sensitive
adj → wärmeempfindlich
heat shield
n (for protection) → Hitzeschild m; (to retain heat) → Wärmeschutz m
heat spot
n (Brit) → Hitzebläschen nt
heatstroke
n → Hitzschlag m
heat treatment
n (Metal, Med) → Wärmebehandlung f
heat wave
n → Hitzewelle f
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heat
[hiːt]1. n
a. (gen) → calore m; (fig) → ardore m
I can't stand the heat → non sopporto il caldo
at low heat (Culin) (on stove) → a fuoco basso; (in oven) → a calore moderato
in the heat of the moment (fig) → nella foga del momento
in the heat of the battle → nella furia della battaglia
to put the heat on sb → fare pressione a or su qn
he replied with some heat → rispose piuttosto irritato
I can't stand the heat → non sopporto il caldo
at low heat (Culin) (on stove) → a fuoco basso; (in oven) → a calore moderato
in the heat of the moment (fig) → nella foga del momento
in the heat of the battle → nella furia della battaglia
to put the heat on sb → fare pressione a or su qn
he replied with some heat → rispose piuttosto irritato
b. (Sport) (also qualifying heat) → batteria, prova eliminatoria
c. (Zool) in or on heat → in calore
2. vt → (far) scaldare
3. vi → scaldarsi
heat up
1. vi + adv (liquids) → scaldarsi; (room) → riscaldarsi
2. vt + adv → riscaldare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
heat
(hiːt) noun1. the amount of hotness (of something), especially of things which are very hot. Test the heat of the water before you bath the baby.
2. the warmth from something which is hot. The heat from the fire will dry your coat; the effect of heat on metal; the heat of the sun.
3. the hottest time. the heat of the day.
4. anger or excitement. He didn't mean to be rude – he just said that in the heat of the moment.
5. in a sports competition etc, one of two or more contests from which the winners go on to take part in later stages of the competition. Having won his heat he is going through to the final.
verb (sometimes with up) to make or become hot or warm. We'll heat (up) the soup; The day heats up quickly once the sun has risen.
ˈheated adjective1. having been made hot. a heated swimming-pool.
2. showing anger, excitement etc. a heated argument.
ˈheatedly adverbˈheatedness noun
ˈheater noun
an apparatus which gives out heat in order to warm a room etc, or which heats water etc eg in a water-tank.
ˈheating noun the system of heaters etc which heat a room, building etc. We turn the heating off in the summer.
heat wave a period of very hot weather.
in/on heat (of female animals) in a condition for mating.
see also hot.
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heat
→ حَرَارَة, يُسَخِّنُ ohřát, teplo opvarme, varme heizen, Hitze θερμαίνω, θερμότητα calentar, calor kuumuus, lämmittää chaleur, chauffer grijati, vrućina calore, riscaldare 熱, 熱する 가열하다, 열 hitte, verhitten varme ciepło, ogrzać aquecer, calor жара, нагревать värma, värme ความร้อน, ทำให้ร้อน ısı, ısıtmak đốt nóng, nhiệt 供热, 热Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
heat
n. calor;
conductive ___ → ___ de conducción;
dry ___ → ___ seco;
___ cramps → espasmo muscular (debido a trabajos realizados en altas temperaturas);
___ exhaustion → colapso por calor;
___ loss → pérdida de ___;
___ prostration → insolación con colapso;
___ sensitive → sensible al calor;
___ stable → termoestable;
___ stroke → insolación;
___ unit → caloría;
___ therapy → termoterapia;
to be in ___ → estar en celo;
v. calentar; dar calor.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- I can't turn the heat off (US)
I can't turn the heating off (UK) - I can't turn the heat on (US)
I can't turn the heating on (UK) - I can't sleep for the heat
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n calor m; body — calor corporal; vt (también to — up) calentarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.