Definition of "heat" in inglés

noun

(uncountable) Thermal energy.
- This furnace puts out 5000 BTUs of heat. That engine is really throwing off some heat. Removal of heat from the liquid caused it to turn into a solid.
(uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
- Stay out of the heat of the sun!
(uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
- The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
(uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
- It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
(uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.
- The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.
(countable, baseball) A fastball.
- The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.
(uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
- The male canines were attracted by the female in heat.
(countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
- The runner had high hopes, but was out of contention after the first heat.
(countable, by extension) A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
(countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
- I can make a scroll like that in a single heat.
(countable) A hot spell.
- The children stayed indoors during this year's summer heat.
(uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
- I'm freezing; could you turn on the heat?
(uncountable) The output of a heating system.
- During the power outage we had no heat because the controls are electric. Older folks like more heat than the young.
(countable) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
(uncountable, slang) The police.
- The heat! Scram!
(uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.
(uncountable, slang) Stylish and valuable sneakers.
- Whoa, that guy is rocking some serious heat.
(professional wrestling slang) A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general.

verb

(transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
- I'll heat up the water.
(intransitive) To become hotter.
- There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
(transitive, figurative) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
(transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
(transitive, slang) To arouse, to excite (sexually).
- The massage heated her up.