heat

Noun

• utility to warm a building
  • the heating system wasn't working
    
  • they have radiant heating
    

• a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

• applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

• the trait of being intensely emotional

• the sensation caused by heat energy

• the presence of heat

• a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

Verb

• gain heat or get hot
  • The room heated up quickly
    

• arouse or excite feelings and passions
  • 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
    

• provide with heat
  • heat the house
    

• make hot or hotter
  • the sun heats the oceans
    
  • heat the water on the stove
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  heating system , heating plant , heating , estrus , oestrus , rut , warmth , passion , hotness , high temperature , heat energy , hot up , heat up , inflame , stir up , wake , ignite , fire up
• Antonyms: 
  anestrus , anestrum , anoestrus , anoestrum , coldness , cold , low temperature , frigidity , frigidness , cool , chill , cool down