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
In Grill mode, a bottom heating element heats the nonstick grill grate while the top coil and fan circulate the air.
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Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Oct. 2025
WASP-39b is about the size of Saturn and whips around its sunlike star once every four days; that broiling orbit heats the planet’s dayside to 1,430 degrees Fahrenheit (776 degrees Celsius).
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2025
Its RapidHeat Technology heats water to 140 °F (60 °C) within 10 minutes to speed up stain removal and reduce drying time.
—New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
As sunlight heats that nucleus, the ice vaporizes, releasing jets of gas and dust that form the comet's signature tail.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The house even comes furnished with a four-seater sofa and a dual-function air conditioning system that cools and heats, a perk many tiny homes skip.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
This East Oak patio heater offers a powerful 50,000 BTU that heats areas up to 18 feet in diameter.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
The conventional inertial fusion energy (IFE) technique compresses and heats the fuel at the same time to reach ignition.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Its cast-iron makeup ensures the pot heats evenly on all sides, which creates the ideal sear and baking environment.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Oct. 2025
WASP-39b is about the size of Saturn and whips around its sunlike star once every four days; that broiling orbit heats the planet’s dayside to 1,430 degrees Fahrenheit (776 degrees Celsius).
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2025
Its RapidHeat Technology heats water to 140 °F (60 °C) within 10 minutes to speed up stain removal and reduce drying time.
—New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
As sunlight heats that nucleus, the ice vaporizes, releasing jets of gas and dust that form the comet's signature tail.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The house even comes furnished with a four-seater sofa and a dual-function air conditioning system that cools and heats, a perk many tiny homes skip.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
This East Oak patio heater offers a powerful 50,000 BTU that heats areas up to 18 feet in diameter.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
The conventional inertial fusion energy (IFE) technique compresses and heats the fuel at the same time to reach ignition.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Its cast-iron makeup ensures the pot heats evenly on all sides, which creates the ideal sear and baking environment.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heats
warms
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This explosive strengthening is happening more often as the world warms due to fossil fuel pollution.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Your carrots, beets, turnips, parsnips, and rutabagas will be fine through a light frost, and may keep growing if the weather warms.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Heats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heats. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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