as in warming
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 heating
The main risk is that these batteries can overheat and go into thermal runaway, a chain reaction that occurs when a lithium-ion cell enters an uncontrollable, self-heating state—resulting in extremely high temperature, smoke and, ultimately, a fire that is notoriously difficult to put out.
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The gravitational influence of the black hole generates incredible tidal forces in the accretion disk, causing friction and heating its matter to temperatures as great as 18 million degrees Fahrenheit (around 10 million degrees Celsius).
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Diesel, meanwhile, will see a price hike in the fall and winter, as demand for heating oil spikes in the colder months.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
This is simply heating milk to kill off bacteria.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Hieronymus Bock, in his Kreüter Buch, puts both heating and cooling effects in context by building finer distinctions between types of pomegranates.
—Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
Tens of thousands live in tin shacks, lacking basic amenities, such as coal for cooking and heating their homes.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Their work could change how large buildings manage heating and cooling while easing stress on the power grid.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
Our deep relationship with fire — from cooking our food to heating our homes — underpins both our evolutionary successes and our current climate challenges.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The gravitational influence of the black hole generates incredible tidal forces in the accretion disk, causing friction and heating its matter to temperatures as great as 18 million degrees Fahrenheit (around 10 million degrees Celsius).
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Diesel, meanwhile, will see a price hike in the fall and winter, as demand for heating oil spikes in the colder months.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
This is simply heating milk to kill off bacteria.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Hieronymus Bock, in his Kreüter Buch, puts both heating and cooling effects in context by building finer distinctions between types of pomegranates.
—Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
Tens of thousands live in tin shacks, lacking basic amenities, such as coal for cooking and heating their homes.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Their work could change how large buildings manage heating and cooling while easing stress on the power grid.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
Our deep relationship with fire — from cooking our food to heating our homes — underpins both our evolutionary successes and our current climate challenges.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heating
warming
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Saturday begins a warming trend with temperatures rising above normal by the middle of next week and some areas nearing 100°F.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Their survival is not just about warming waters, though.—
Bill Kearney,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Heating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heating. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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