well-heated

heat·ed

[hee-tid]
adjective
1.
made hot or hotter; warmed.
2.
excited; inflamed; vehement: a heated discussion.
Origin:
1585–95; heat + -ed2

Related forms
heat·ed·ly, adverb
heat·ed·ness, noun
un·heat·ed, adjective
well-heat·ed, adjective

Synonyms
2. passionate, impassioned, fierce.
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heated (ˈhiːtɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—adj
1.  made hot; warmed
2.  impassioned or highly emotional
 
'heatedly
 
—adv
 
'heatedness
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

heat
O.E. hætu, hæto, from P.Gmc. *khaitin- "heat," from *khaitaz "hot" (cf. O.S. hittia, O.N. hiti, O.Fris. hete, Ger. hitze "heat," Goth. heito "fever"). The same root is the source of O.E. hat "hot" and hæða "hot weather." The verb is from O.E. hætan, from P.Gmc. *khaitijanam.
Meaning "a single course in a race" is from 1663, perhaps from earlier fig. sense of "a single intense effort" (c.1380), or meaning "run given to a horse to prepare for a race" (1577). Meaning "sexual excitement in animals" is from 1768. Meaning "trouble with the police" attested by 1920. Heat wave "period of excessive hot weather" first attested 1893.
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Medical Dictionary

heat (hēt)
n.

  1. A form of energy associated with the motion of atoms or molecules and capable of being transmitted through solid and fluid media by conduction, through fluid media by convection, and through empty space by radiation.

  2. The sensation or perception of such energy as warmth or hotness.

  3. An abnormally high bodily temperature, as from a fever.

  4. Estrus.

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heat   (hēt)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Internal energy that is transferred to a physical system from outside the system because of a difference in temperature and does not result in work done by the system on its surroundings. Absorption of energy by a system as heat takes the form of increased kinetic energy of its molecules, thus resulting in an increase in temperature of the system. Heat is transferred from one system to another in the direction of higher to lower temperature. See also thermodynamics. See Note at temperature.

  2. See estrus.


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Cultural Dictionary

heat definition


In physics, a form of energy associated with the movement of atoms and molecules in any material. The higher the temperature of a material, the faster the atoms are moving, and hence the greater the amount of energy present as heat. (See infrared radiation.)

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heat definition


  1. n.
    the heat the police. (Underworld.) : The heat is gonna catch up with you, Ernie.
  2. n.
    pressure. : The boss put some heat on Willy, and things are moving faster now.
  3. n.
    a gun; armaments. (Underworld. See also heater.) : Lefty has his heat on him at all times.
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