Antonyms for heat

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : heet

Phonetic Transcription : hit

Definition of heat

Origin : Old English hætu, hæto "heat, warmth; fervor ardor," from Proto-Germanic *haiti- "heat" (cf. Old Saxon hittia, Old Norse hiti, Old Frisian hete, German hitze "heat," Gothic heito "fever"), from PIE *kaid-, from root *kai- "heat." The same root is the source of Old English hat "hot" and hæða "hot weather" (see hot).
Meaning "a single course in a race," especially a horse race, is from 1660s, perhaps from earlier figurative sense of "violent action; a single intense effort" (late 14c.), or meaning "run given to a horse to prepare for a race" (1570s). This later expanded to "division of a race or contest when there are too many contestants to run at once," the winners of each heat then competing in a final race. Meaning "sexual excitement in animals" is from 1768. Meaning "trouble with the police" attested by 1920. Heat wave "period of excessive hot weather" first attested 1890; earlier in reference to solar cycles.

noun high temperature
noun anger, passion
verb make or become hot

Example sentences :

Mrs. Beale remarked that it wasn't the heat that bothered us so, but the humidity.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

But its prisoners were not exempt from its heat, like certain holy ones of old.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Then he ventured into the heat and glare of Broadway where humanity stewed and wilted.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

When he had come too near he had been driven away by the heat.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

There is a coolness amid all the heat, a mildness in the blazing noon.
Extract from : « The Old Manse (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Season with the salt and pepper, heat thoroughly, and serve.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

After its extraction, it is coagulated by the heat in the water.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Add the butter, and when it has melted remove from the heat.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Our friend will overlook the matter if you do but say that you have acted in heat and haste.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Heat the vinegar, and to it add the salt, sugar, and spices.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Synonyms for heat

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