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heat
Part of speech: NounA physical form of energy, due to vibration, or motion, of the molecules, or minute particles, of which a body is composed; the sensation produced by a hot body; high temperature; opposite to cold; as, the heat of summer; the state of being hot; effervescence or bubbling; agitation of sudden or violent passion; ardor; vehemence; redness or flush of the face; a course at a race; hot weather.
Part of speech: VerbTo make hot; warm; excite with passion or desire; make feverish; animate.
Part of speech: Verb Usage examples "heat":- What do they know about heat, or care, or trouble? - "Ester Ried", Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden).
- She never made a bad start, she never broke, she went steadily over the track until the heat had been run. - "A Bicycle of Cathay", Frank R. Stockton.
- " You feel the heat? - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.