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Meaning of heats

noun

Thermal energy. Example: 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.
The condition or quality of being hot. Example: Stay out of the heat of the sun!
An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth. Example: The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
A period of intensity, particularly of emotion. Example: It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
An undesirable amount of attention. Example: The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.

verb

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

noun

(plural noun) A period of hot weather. Example: Everyone suffered during the heats of July.

Source: Free Dictionary API.

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