1. noun /hiːt/
This furnace puts out 5000 BTUs of heat.
b) The condition or quality of being hot.
That engine is really throwing off some heat.
2. verb /hiːt/
a) To cause an increase in temperature of an object or space; to cause something to become hot; often with "up".
Ill heat up the water.
The massage heated her up.
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