as in warms
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 heats
Raw milk has not been pasteurized — a process that heats milk to remove disease-causing germs.
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Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
The 10-kW-capacity system heats a 1,000-cubic-meter space using hydrogen supplied by a local supplier.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics officially get underway in Italy on Friday with an opening ceremony headlined by Mariah Carey and Andrea Bocelli, even if preliminary heats for curling, luge, snowboarding, alpine skiing and women’s hockey have already begun.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2026
This heats an element at the base of the tank, which in turn heats the water within the tank.
—Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 28 Jan. 2026
As a large waterway, the Ohio is difficult to freeze because any moving water creates friction and heats the surface.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
Microsoft announced plans to fuel the Høje-Taastrup district heating network in Denmark; an Equinix data center heats 1,000 homes in Paris; and Google announced a major heat recovery project at its facility in Hamina, Finland.
—April Roach,tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Geothermal energy heats some of the farmhouse cottages.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Moving water generates friction, which heats the water (even if only a bit).
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2026
Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
The 10-kW-capacity system heats a 1,000-cubic-meter space using hydrogen supplied by a local supplier.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics officially get underway in Italy on Friday with an opening ceremony headlined by Mariah Carey and Andrea Bocelli, even if preliminary heats for curling, luge, snowboarding, alpine skiing and women’s hockey have already begun.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2026
This heats an element at the base of the tank, which in turn heats the water within the tank.
—Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 28 Jan. 2026
As a large waterway, the Ohio is difficult to freeze because any moving water creates friction and heats the surface.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
Microsoft announced plans to fuel the Høje-Taastrup district heating network in Denmark; an Equinix data center heats 1,000 homes in Paris; and Google announced a major heat recovery project at its facility in Hamina, Finland.
—April Roach,tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Geothermal energy heats some of the farmhouse cottages.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Moving water generates friction, which heats the water (even if only a bit).
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heats
warms
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Coffee, culture and classic movie romance Start your day at Intelligentsia Coffee in downtown Austin near the Central Library, where an avena latte warms your hands and a flaky pastry warms your heart.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Feb. 2026
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Normally there are plenty of tight buds at this time which are cold resistant and open when the weather warms again.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Heats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heats. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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