Dictionary entry details
• HEAT (noun)
Meaning:
A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
heat; heat energy
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
energy ((physics) the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat"):
specific heat (the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade)
heat of transformation; latent heat (heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure)
heat of solution (the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent)
heat of formation (the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements)
heat of dissociation (the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents)
geothermal energy (energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth)
Meaning:
The presence of heat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
hotness; high temperature; heat
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat"):
white heat (the hotness of something heated until it turns white)
warmness; warmth (the quality of having a moderate degree of heat)
torridity (extreme heat)
fieriness; red heat (the heat or the color of fire)
calefaction; incalescence (the property of being warming)
Meaning:
The sensation caused by heat energy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
warmth; heat
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
temperature (the somatic sensation of cold or heat)
Meaning:
The trait of being intensely emotional
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
passion; heat; warmth
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat"):
fieriness (a passionate and quick-tempered nature)
Meaning:
Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
oestrus; estrus; rut; heat
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
physiological condition; physiological state (the state of the body or bodily functions)
Meaning:
A preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
race (a contest of speed)
Meaning:
Utility to warm a building
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
heating plant; heating system; heating; heat
Context examples:
the heating system wasn't working / they have radiant heating
Hypernyms ("heat" is a kind of...):
utility (a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal)
Meronyms (parts of "heat"):
boiler; steam boiler (sealed vessel where water is converted to steam)
radiator (heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat"):
central heating (a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators)
gas heat (heating system that burns natural gas)
panel heating (heating system consisting of wall or floor or baseboard or ceiling panels containing electric conductors or heating pipes)
steam heat; steam heating (a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators)
Holonyms ("heat" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
• HEAT (verb)
Meaning:
Make hot or hotter
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
heat; heat up
Context examples:
the sun heats the oceans / heat the water on the stove
Hypernyms (to "heat" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
heat; heat up; hot up (gain heat or get hot)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heat"):
reheat (heat again)
bake; broil (heat by a natural force)
scorch; sear (make very hot and dry)
overheat (make excessively or undesirably hot)
preheat (heat beforehand)
calcine (heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces)
soak (heat a metal prior to working it)
scald (heat to the boiling point)
crisp; crispen; toast (make brown and crisp by heating)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They heat the water
Antonym:
cool (make cool or cooler)
Meaning:
Provide with heat
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
heat the house
Hypernyms (to "heat" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heat"):
steam-heat (heat by means of steam)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Arouse or excite feelings and passions
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
fire up; stir up; heat; ignite; wake; inflame
Context examples:
The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor / The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world / Wake old feelings of hatred
Hypernyms (to "heat" is one way to...):
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heat"):
ferment (work up into agitation or excitement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Gain heat or get hot
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
hot up; heat up; heat
Context example:
The room heated up quickly
Hypernyms (to "heat" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heat"):
overheat (get excessively and undesirably hot)
fry (be excessively hot)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The water heats
Antonym:
cool (loose heat)
