heat

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The quality of being hot; high temperature.

   Stay out of the heat of the midday sun!

2. 2
   verb

   To make something hot or warm.

   Heat the soup for two minutes in the microwave.

3. 3
   verb

   To become hot or warm.

   The room heated up quickly once the fire was lit.

4. 4
   noun

   A time of strong emotion or excitement.

   It's easy to say things you regret in the heat of the moment.

5. 5
   noun

   The hot, burning taste of spicy food.

   The chili sauce gave the dish a lot of heat.

From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“heat; hot”). Cognate with Scots hete (“heat”), Saterland Frisian Hatte (“heat”), Old High German heizī (“heat”). Related also to Dutch hitte (“heat”), German Hitze (“heat”), Swedish hetta (“heat”), Icelandic hiti (“heat”).

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