HEAT-TREATS Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

heat-treats

verb

present tense third-person singular of heat-treat

as in bakes

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Lucien Laviscount enters the scene and steams it up as Hot Guy who fandangoes with Laila and then upends the apple cart later on.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
During that time, the steak essentially steams.

— Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 May 2026

Definition of steams

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Mariscos Cortez is a seafood restaurant with flavors from the coast of Mexico that will serve a small menu of ceviche, aguachiles and Jalisco-style shrimp boils.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
The river dropped 60 feet between boulders in a series of falls and continued downstream in a dangerous half mile of holes and boils.

— John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026

Definition of boils

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One control heats the ions by applying random electric-field signals that add vibrational energy.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
These include dissolution, which uses solvents to recover polystyrene as pellets, and pyrolysis, which heats mixed plastic waste in low oxygen to produce oil-like feedstocks for new plastic.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

Definition of heats

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