heat

¹heat

verb \ˈhēt\

Definition of HEAT

intransitive verb

1

: to become warm or hot

2

: to start to spoil from heat

transitive verb

1

: to make warm or hot

2

: excite

— heat·able \ˈhē-tə-bəl\ adjective

Examples of HEAT

1. I heated the vegetables in the microwave.
2. They heat their house with a wood stove.

Origin of HEAT

Middle English heten, from Old English hǣtan; akin to Old English hāt hot

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to HEAT

Synonyms: warm, hot (up) [chiefly Southern, southern Midland, & British], toast

Antonyms: chill, cool, refrigerate

Related Words: overheat, superheat; reheat, rewarm; thaw; bake, cook, roast; burn, char, fire, parch, scald, scorch, sear

Near Antonyms: freeze, frost, ice, supercool

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Rhymes with HEAT

beat, beet, bleat, cheat, cleat, Crete, deet, eat, feat, fleet, Geat, gleet, greet, lied, meat, meet, mete, neat, peat, pleat, seat, sheet, skeet, sleet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, weet, wheat