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HEAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Utility to warm a building
Example:
they have radiant heating
Synonyms:
heat; heating; heating plant; heating system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
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)
Meronyms (parts of "heat"):
boiler; steam boiler (sealed vessel where water is converted to steam)
radiator (heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat"):
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)
steam heat; steam heating (a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators)
Holonyms ("heat" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Derivation:
heat (gain heat or get hot)
heat (provide with heat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The trait of being intensely emotional
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat"):
fieriness (a passionate and quick-tempered nature)
Derivation:
heat (arouse or excite feelings and passions)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The presence of heat
Synonyms:
heat; high temperature; hotness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat"):
calefaction; incalescence (the property of being warming)
fieriness; red heat (the heat or the color of fire)
torridity (extreme heat)
warmness; warmth (the quality of having a moderate degree of heat)
white heat (the hotness of something heated until it turns white)
Derivation:
heat (make hot or hotter)
heat (gain heat or get hot)
heat (provide with heat)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The sensation caused by heat energy
Synonyms:
heat; warmth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
temperature (the somatic sensation of cold or heat)
Derivation:
heat (make hot or hotter)
heat (gain heat or get hot)
heat (provide with heat)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
race (a contest of speed)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
Synonyms:
heat; heat energy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
energy; 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat"):
specific heat (the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade)
heat of transformation; latent heat (heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure)
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 formation (the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements)
heat of dissociation (the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents)
geothermal energy (energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth)
Derivation:
heat (make hot or hotter)
heat (gain heat or get hot)
heat (provide with heat)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they heat ... he / she / it heats
Past simple: heated
Past participle: heated
-ing form: heating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make hot or hotter
Example:
heat the water on the stove
Synonyms:
heat; heat up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "heat" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
heat; heat up; hot up (gain heat or get hot)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heat"):
crisp; crispen; toast (make brown and crisp by heating)
scald (heat to the boiling point)
soak (heat a metal prior to working it)
calcine (heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces)
preheat (heat beforehand)
overheat (make excessively or undesirably hot)
scorch; sear (make very hot and dry)
bake; broil (heat by a natural force)
reheat (heat again)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They heat the water
Antonym:
cool (make cool or cooler)
Derivation:
heater (device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room)
heatable (capable of becoming hot)
heat (a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature)
heat (the sensation caused by heat energy)
heat (the presence of heat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Gain heat or get hot
Example:
The room heated up quickly
Synonyms:
heat; heat up; hot up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "heat" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heat"):
overheat (get excessively and undesirably hot)
fry (be excessively hot)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The water heats
Antonym:
cool (loose heat)
Derivation:
heating (the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature)
heatable (capable of becoming hot)
heat (a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature)
heat (the sensation caused by heat energy)
heat (the presence of heat)
heat (utility to warm a building)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Arouse or excite feelings and passions
Example:
Wake old feelings of hatred
Synonyms:
fire up; heat; ignite; inflame; stir up; wake
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "heat" is one way to...):
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heat"):
ferment (work up into agitation or excitement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
heat (the trait of being intensely emotional)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Provide with heat
Example:
heat the house
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "heat" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heat"):
steam-heat (heat by means of steam)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
heat (utility to warm a building)
heat (the presence of heat)
heat (the sensation caused by heat energy)
heat (a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature)
heatable (capable of becoming hot)
heater (device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room)
heating (utility to warm a building)
Context examples:
The nobleman’s reply was interrupted by his secretary, who broke in with some heat.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Although the lava itself was low in nitrates, it heated the deeper layers of nutrient-rich water.
(Scientists report skyrocketing phyotplankton population in aftermath of Kīlauea eruption, Wikinews)
Ansamycin antibiotics bind to and inhibit the cytosolic chaperone functions of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90).
(Ansamycin Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)
Jackets and coats were flung aside, shirts thrown open at the neck and rolled up to the shoulders; and we stood there, each at his post, in a fever of heat and anxiety.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Oh, that I had for ever remained in my native wood, nor known nor felt beyond the sensations of hunger, thirst, and heat!
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
It is easy to see from thy cheek that thou hast not spent thy days in the rain and the heat and the wind, as my poor Wat hath been forced to do.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A system of therapy based on preventative care, and on the use of heat, water, light, air, and massage as primary therapies for disease.
(Naturopathy Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
Naturopathy is based on the use of natural agents such as air, water, light, heat, and massage to help the body heal itself.
(Naturopathy, NCI Dictionary)
A recombinant cancer vaccine made with tumor-derived heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) peptide complexes.
(Autologous Heat-Shock Protein 70 Peptide Vaccine AG-858, NCI Thesaurus)
Asbestos has been used as insulation against heat and fire in buildings.
(Asbestos, NCI Dictionary)
