| hot | | |
| adj. | 1. hot | used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning.; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" |
| ~ baking, baking hot | as hot as if in an oven. |
| ~ blistery, blistering | hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters.; "blistering sun" |
| ~ calefacient, warming | producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body.; "a mustard plaster is calefacient" |
| ~ calefactive, calefactory | serving to heat.; "a heating pad is calefactory" |
| ~ calorifacient | producing heat; usually used of foods.; "calorifacient chili peppers" |
| ~ calorific | heat-generating.; "the calorific properties of fuels" |
| ~ fervent, fervid | extremely hot.; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides" |
| ~ fiery, igneous | like or suggestive of fire.; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere" |
| ~ heatable | capable of becoming hot.; "the heatable tip of a soldering iron" |
| ~ heated, heated up, het, het up | made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated').; "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"; "he was all het up and sweaty" |
| ~ hottish | somewhat hot. |
| ~ overheated | heated beyond a safe or desirable point.; "the child became overheated"; "overheated metal" |
| ~ red-hot | glowing red with heat. |
| ~ scorching | hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface.; "scorching heat" |
| ~ sizzling | hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound.; "a sizzling steak"; "a sizzling spell of weather" |
| ~ stifling, sultry, sulfurous, sulphurous | characterized by oppressive heat and humidity.; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" |
| ~ sweltering, sweltry | excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness.; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes" |
| ~ thermal | caused by or designed to retain heat.; "a thermal burn"; "thermal underwear" |
| ~ torrid | extremely hot.; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" |
| ~ tropic, tropical | of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics.; "tropical weather" |
| ~ white-hot, white | glowing white with heat.; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire" |
| ~ warm | having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat.; "a warm body"; "a warm room"; "a warm climate"; "a warm coat" |
| adj. | 2. hot, raging | characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense.; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent" |
| ~ violent | acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity.; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike" |
| adj. | 3. hot | extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm.; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument" |
| ~ flaming, fiery | very intense.; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions" |
| ~ heated | marked by emotional heat; vehement.; "a heated argument" |
| ~ sizzling, red-hot | characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement.; "a red-hot speech"; "sizzling political issues" |
| ~ sultry, sensual | sexually exciting or gratifying.; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" |
| ~ torrid | emotionally charged and vigorously energetic.; "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms" |
| ~ white-hot | intensely zealous or fervid.; "fierce white-hot loyalty" |
| ~ passionate | having or expressing strong emotions. |
| adj. | 4. hot | (color) bold and intense.; "hot pink" |
| ~ warm | (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows.; "warm reds and yellows and orange" |
| adj. | 5. hot | sexually excited or exciting.; "was hot for her"; "hot pants" |
| ~ sexy | marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest.; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes" |
| adj. | 6. hot | recently stolen or smuggled.; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ illegal | prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules.; "an illegal chess move" |
| adj. | 7. blistering, hot, red-hot | very fast; capable of quick response and great speed.; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" |
| ~ fast | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" |
| adj. | 8. hot | wanted by the police.; "a hot suspect" |
| ~ wanted | desired or wished for or sought.; "couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy"; "a wanted criminal"; "a wanted poster" |
| adj. | 9. hot, spicy | producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves.; "hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot" |
| ~ tasty | pleasing to the sense of taste.; "a tasty morsel" |
| adj. | 10. hot | performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy.; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ skilled | having or showing or requiring special skill.; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade" |
| adj. | 11. hot | very popular or successful.; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ popular | regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public.; "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular" |
| adj. | 12. hot | very unpleasant or even dangerous.; "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water" |
| ~ unpleasant | disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings.; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" |
| adj. | 13. hot, red-hot | newest or most recent.; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information" |
| ~ new | not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered.; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World" |
| adj. | 14. hot | having or bringing unusually good luck.; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight" |
| ~ lucky | having or bringing good fortune.; "my lucky day"; "a lucky man" |
| adj. | 15. hot | very good; often used in the negative.; "he's hot at math but not so hot at history" |
| ~ good | having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified.; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office" |
| adj. | 16. hot | newly made.; "a hot scent" |
| ~ fresh | recently made, produced, or harvested.; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"; "fresh lettuce" |
| adj. | 17. hot | having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm.; "hot for travel" |
| ~ eager | having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look" |
| adj. | 18. hot | of a seeker; very near to the object sought.; "you are hot" |
| ~ near, nigh, close | not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call" |
| adj. | 19. hot | having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity.; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory" |
| ~ radioactive | exhibiting or caused by radioactivity.; "radioactive isotope"; "radioactive decay"; "radioactive fallout" |
| adj. | 20. hot, live | charged or energized with electricity.; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" |
| ~ electricity | a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons. |
| ~ charged | of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge.; "charged particles"; "a charged battery" |
| adj. | 21. hot | marked by excited activity.; "a hot week on the stock market" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ active | characterized by energetic activity.; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action" |
| heat | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. heat, heat energy | a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature. |
| ~ energy, free energy | (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs.; "energy can take a wide variety of forms" |
| ~ geothermal energy | energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth. |
| ~ heat of dissociation | the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents. |
| ~ heat of formation | the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements. |
| ~ heat of solution | the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent. |
| ~ heat of transformation, latent heat | heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure. |
| ~ specific heat | the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. heat, high temperature, hotness | the presence of heat. |
| ~ temperature | the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity). |
| ~ calefaction, incalescence | the property of being warming. |
| ~ fieriness, red heat | the heat or the color of fire. |
| ~ torridity | extreme heat. |
| ~ warmness, warmth | the quality of having a moderate degree of heat.; "an agreeable warmth in the house" |
| ~ white heat | the hotness of something heated until it turns white. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. heat, warmth | the sensation caused by heat energy. |
| ~ temperature | the somatic sensation of cold or heat. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. heat, passion, warmth | the trait of being intensely emotional. |
| ~ emotionalism, emotionality | emotional nature or quality. |
| ~ fieriness | a passionate and quick-tempered nature. |
| n. (state) | 5. estrus, heat, oestrus, rut | applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity. |
| ~ physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state | the condition or state of the body or bodily functions. |
| n. (event) | 6. heat | a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race. |
| ~ race | a contest of speed.; "the race is to the swift" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. heat, heating, heating plant, heating system | utility to warm a building.; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating" |
| ~ boiler, steam boiler | sealed vessel where water is converted to steam. |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| ~ central heating | a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators. |
| ~ gas heat | heating system that burns natural gas. |
| ~ panel heating | heating system consisting of wall or floor or baseboard or ceiling panels containing electric conductors or heating pipes. |
| ~ radiator | heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings. |
| ~ steam heat, steam heating | a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators. |
| ~ utility | a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal.; "the price of the house included all utilities" |
| v. (change) | 8. heat, heat up | make hot or hotter.; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ crispen, toast, crisp | make brown and crisp by heating.; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes" |
| ~ scald | heat to the boiling point.; "scald the milk" |
| ~ soak | heat a metal prior to working it. |
| ~ calcine | heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces. |
| ~ preheat | heat beforehand.; "Preheat the oven!" |
| ~ overheat | make excessively or undesirably hot.; "The room was overheated" |
| ~ heat up, hot up, heat | gain heat or get hot.; "The room heated up quickly" |
| ~ scorch, sear | make very hot and dry.; "The heat scorched the countryside" |
| ~ broil, bake | heat by a natural force.; "The sun broils the valley in the summer" |
| ~ reheat | heat again.; "Please reheat the food from last night" |
| v. (possession) | 9. heat | provide with heat.; "heat the house" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| ~ steam-heat | heat by means of steam. |
| v. (emotion) | 10. fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake | arouse or excite feelings and passions.; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ ferment | work up into agitation or excitement.; "Islam is fermenting Africa" |
| v. (change) | 11. heat, heat up, hot up | gain heat or get hot.; "The room heated up quickly" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ overheat | get excessively and undesirably hot.; "The car engines overheated" |
| ~ fry | be excessively hot.; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried" |
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