as in heats
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
with a silky Southern drawl, the waitress asked, "Want me to hot up that pie?"
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heats
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Warm water heats a low-boiling-point working fluid, producing vapor that drives a turbine.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026 -
The immense gravity of the black hole heats the accretion disk, causing the powerful X-ray emissions associated with Cyg X-1.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Hots (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hots%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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