adj.
1 of the weather
VERBS
▪ be
▪ become , get , grow , turn
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The sun shone fiercely down and it grew hotter and hotter.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ baking ( esp. BrE ), blazing , boiling , exceptionally , extremely , incredibly , intensely , oppressively , really , scorching , stiflingly , swelteringly , unbearably , uncomfortably , unusually
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a boiling ~ summer day
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It was unbearably ~ in the car.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪
This weather's a little ~ for me.
2 of a person
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look
▪
Don't you feel ~ so close to the fire?
▪ get , grow , turn
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She was beginning to get uncomfortably ~.
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His face grew ~ at the memory of his embarrassment.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ boiling , burning , uncomfortably
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I was boiling ~ and sweaty.
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His forehead was burning ~.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
3 of a thing
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem
▪ get
▪ keep , stay
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The food should stay ~ until we're ready to eat.
▪ keep sth
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The containers keep the food ~ for five hours.
▪ eat sth , serve sth
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Serve ~ or cold accompanied by bread and a salad.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪
Wash the tablecloth in fairly ~ soapy water.
▪ scalding
▪ piping , sizzling , steaming (all used about food)
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a bowl of piping ~ soup
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Make sure the fat is sizzling ~.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ moderately
▪
Bake in a moderately ~ oven.
▪ enough
▪
The ground was ~ enough to fry an egg.
4 spicy
VERBS
▪ be , taste
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪
I love really ~ food.
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That was a pretty ~ curry!
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
Hot is used with these nouns: ↑ afternoon , ↑ air , ↑ ash , ↑ bath , ↑ biscuit , ↑ blast , ↑ blood , ↑ breakfast , ↑ breath , ↑ broiler , ↑ cheek , ↑ chilli , ↑ chocolate , ↑ cider , ↑ cinder , ↑ climate , ↑ coal , ↑ coffee , ↑ commodity , ↑ country , ↑ cup , ↑ curry , ↑ date , ↑ day , ↑ desert , ↑ destination , ↑ dish , ↑ drink , ↑ fat , ↑ favourite , ↑ fire , ↑ flame , ↑ flash , ↑ flush , ↑ food , ↑ furnace , ↑ gas , ↑ glare , ↑ grill , ↑ guy , ↑ iron , ↑ key , ↑ lunch , ↑ meal , ↑ metal , ↑ milk , ↑ month , ↑ mouth , ↑ mug , ↑ mustard , ↑ news , ↑ nightclub , ↑ oven , ↑ pan , ↑ pepper , ↑ pink , ↑ prospect , ↑ restaurant , ↑ room , ↑ sand , ↑ sauce , ↑ sensation , ↑ sex , ↑ show , ↑ shower , ↑ snack , ↑ soup , ↑ spell , ↑ spot , ↑ spring , ↑ starter , ↑ steam , ↑ sting , ↑ stove , ↑ streak , ↑ summer , ↑ sun , ↑ sunlight , ↑ sunshine , ↑ supper , ↑ tap , ↑ tea , ↑ tear , ↑ temper , ↑ temperature , ↑ tip , ↑ topic , ↑ towel , ↑ tub , ↑ water , ↑ weather