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verb(heat)to become warm or hot
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verb(heat)to start to spoil from heat
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verb(heat)to make warm or hot
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noun(heat)a condition of being hot : warmth
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noun(heat)a marked or notable degree of hotness
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noun(heat)pathological excessive bodily temperature
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noun(heat)body heat
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noun(heat)heat produced in the body of a living animal by metabolic and physical activities —called also animal heat
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noun(heat)a tie with no single winner of a race; broadly : tie
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noun(heat)heat given off or absorbed in a process (such as fusion or vaporization) other than a change of temperature
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noun(heat)a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples with intense itching and tingling caused by inflammation around the sweat ducts
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noun(heat)heat transmitted by radiation as contrasted with that transmitted by conduction or convection
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noun(heat)the state of being red-hot; also : the temperature at which a substance is red-hot
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noun(heat)thermal energy whose transfer to or from a substance results in a change of temperature