1
as in intensity
depth of feeling
informed the doctor, with considerable heat, that she had been kept waiting for three hours
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2
as in gun
slang
a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
a private detective packing heat
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3
as in police
slang
a body of officers of the law
he thought he was so slick, but the heat was onto him in no time
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as in to warm
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
heat water for tea heat the oven to 350 degrees before you put the cake in
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Recent Examples of heat
Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
Delta is under a heat advisory which was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 1:52 p.m.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 9 June 2025
Hydrothermal explosions occur when water underground is rapidly heated by a geothermal source, such as magma.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 6 June 2025
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Noun
Gray followed with a personal-best 11.47 in the 100, beating Chaparral’s Keelan Wright by two hundredths of a second for second in her heat.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
Delta is under a heat advisory which was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 1:52 p.m.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
Verb
Makers will then heat the whey and add acid, which causes flakes to form on the surface.
—Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 9 June 2025
Hydrothermal explosions occur when water underground is rapidly heated by a geothermal source, such as magma.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heat
Noun
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Both services use data from NASA’s DSCOVR and ACE satellites, which orbit about a million miles out and measure the solar wind’s speed and magnetic intensity.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Try and enjoy the stress and intensity of this moment.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Coop ended up getting arrested when the murder weapon, a gun, was found in his car — a murder weapon that was planted there by Sam to frame Coop. Related Stories But in the season finale, which released Friday, viewers discovered that there was never a murder.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2025
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Ceja reportedly pulled out a gun and shot Joss before fleeing.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Los Angeles law enforcement agencies, including the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the city’s police department, have responded to demonstrations throughout the city, at times deploying flash-bang grenades, projectiles and other crowd-control measures.—
Bora Erden,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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His unruly behavior prompted someone to call the police.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2025
Verb
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Its heat-recovery system warms the pool, Jacuzzi, steam room, and floors and even preheats the engines.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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Smith made sure that there were warming tents and requested additional wardrobe crew to hand out robes.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
Noun
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The emerging British singer brought a lot of heart and emotion to the performance.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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In a battle defined by grit and high emotions, the Miami Hurricanes fell to the Louisville Cardinals, 3-2, in Game 3 of the NCAA Louisville Super Regional.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Lauren Tomasi, a 9News correspondent, was reporting live on Sunday when an officer behind her suddenly raised their firearm and fired a nonlethal round at close range, video shows.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 June 2025
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If the high court elects to take up the case, the justices would be tasked with asking if such bans on adults ages 18 through 20 from purchasing firearms are legal.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
Noun
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The news went out last weekend that Cadillac had been accepted by the F1 constabulary as the sport’s eleventh team, slated to enter the competition in 2026.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes,
28 Nov. 2024
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It was reportedly embraced by law enforcement and Clearview sold its services to hundreds of agencies, ranging from local constabularies to sprawling government agencies like the FBI and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).—
Robert Hart,
Forbes,
3 Sep. 2024
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The club is led by driver and CEO Tom Slingsby, the Australian 2012 Olympic gold medalist, who shared his enthusiasm for adding Jackman and Reynolds to the crew.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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This contrasts with an apparent upcoming boom in Europe, although this is based on government coercion rather than enthusiasm for EVs.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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“Heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heat. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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