I.
noun
1 being hot/level of temperature
ADJECTIVE
▪ burning , fierce ( esp. BrE ), great , intense , searing , terrible , tremendous
▪
The soil is baked dry by the fierce ~ of the sun.
▪ gentle
▪ excess , excessive
▪
If circulation is impaired, the body cannot lose excess ~.
▪ red , white ( often figurative )
▪
Everything he did was at white ~ and lightning speed.
▪ radiant
▪ body
VERB + HEAT
▪ feel
▪
We could feel the tremendous ~ coming from the fire.
▪ disperse , dissipate , give out , lose
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Even after the sun had set, the stones continued to give out ~.
▪ conserve , retain
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The thick walls retain the ~.
▪ absorb
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Darker surfaces absorb ~.
▪ conduct
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Being a metal, copper readily conducts ~.
▪ create , generate , give off , produce , provide , radiate
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Computers and photocopiers all generate ~ of their own.
▪ withstand
▪
a material which can withstand ~s of up to 2 000°C
HEAT + VERB
▪ build up , increase
▪
He tried to ignore the ~ building up in the confined space.
▪ come from sth , come off sth ( esp. AmE ), radiate from sth , radiate off sth ( esp. AmE )
▪
I could feel the ~ coming from the fire.
HEAT + NOUN
▪ loss
▪ exhaustion , stress , stroke (usually heatstroke )
▪
She slumped to the ground suffering from ~ exhaustion.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
the ~ from the fire
2 hot weather/conditions
ADJECTIVE
▪ baking ( esp. BrE ), blazing , blistering , boiling , extreme , great , intense , oppressive , scorching , searing , shimmering , stifling , suffocating , sweltering , unbearable
▪
We walked more than ten miles in the blistering ~.
▪ dry
▪ humid , steamy , sultry
▪
the steamy ~ of New York in summer
▪ 40-degree , 90-degree , etc.
▪ afternoon , midday , morning
▪ summer
▪ desert , tropical
HEAT + VERB
▪ grow
▪
Daily the ~ grew.
▪ get to sb
▪
I think the ~ is getting to all of us.
HEAT + NOUN
▪ haze
▪
A ~ haze shimmered above the fields.
▪ wave (usually heatwave )
▪ source
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~
▪
I can't work in this ~.
PHRASES
▪ the ~ of the day
▪
To avoid the ~ of the day we went out in the mornings.
3 source of heat
ADJECTIVE
▪ high
▪ gentle , low
▪ medium , moderate
▪ direct
▪
Chocolate should never be melted over direct ~.
▪ dry
VERB + HEAT
▪ turn up
▪
Turn up the ~ to caramelize the sugar.
▪ lower , reduce , turn down
▪ remove sth from , take sth off
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Bring to the boil slowly, then remove from the ~.
▪ return sth to
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Return the pan to the ~ and stir.
PREPOSITION
▪ off the ~
▪
Make sure the pan is off the ~.
▪ on a … ~
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Cook on a low ~ for five minutes.
▪ over a … ~
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Simmer the sauce over a gentle ~.
4 ( AmE ) in a building/room ⇨ See also ↑ heating
ADJECTIVE
▪ electric , radiant
VERB + HEAT
▪ have
▪
The house has electric ~.
▪ have on , use
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Andy had the ~ on full blast in the car.
▪ turn on
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They are afraid to turn the ~ on because it's so expensive.
▪ turn off
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They have their ~ turned off during the morning.
▪ turn down , turn up
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I turned the ~ down several notches.
▪ provide
▪
These industries provide ~ for our homes and fuel for our cars.
HEAT + VERB
▪ be on , be on high , be on low
▪
The ~ was on but the window was open.
▪
The heat's on low.
▪ be off
▪ come on
▪ go off
▪
Our ~ goes off at ten o'clock and comes on again at six.
5 strong feelings
ADJECTIVE
▪ sudden
▪
He stared at her, sudden ~ in his eyes.
HEAT + VERB
▪ flare , flood sth , rise
▪
Heat flooded her cheeks.
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~ of
▪
in the ~ of battle/passion
▪ with ~
▪
‘It was your idea,’ Henry said with ~.
PHRASES
▪ in the ~ of the moment
▪
Michael bitterly regretted those angry words, spoken in the ~ of the moment.
6 race/competition
ADJECTIVE
▪ qualifying , regional ( BrE )
▪ dead
▪
Competition was fierce, with a dead ~ in one of the races (= with two competitors finishing in exactly the same time) .
VERB + HEAT
▪ win
▪
She won her ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
He fell in the first ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ gently , slowly
▪
Heat the sauce gently for a few minutes.
▪ well
▪
Make sure the soup is well ~ed.
▪ through , up
▪
Allow the food enough time to ~ through.
▪
They ~ up the food in a microwave oven.
Heat is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ oven
Heat is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ butter , ↑ grill , ↑ margarine , ↑ milk , ↑ oil , ↑ oven , ↑ pan , ↑ skillet , ↑ soup , ↑ water