HEATS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

heats

verb

present tense third-person singular of heat

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to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree heat water for tea heat the oven to 350 degrees before you put the cake in

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Recent Examples of heats Fahrenheit and Celsius In general, the average hair dryer heats between 80 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit (that’s about 26 to 60 degrees Celsius). — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026 Microwaving heats butter unevenly, causing some areas to melt while others remain too cold. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2026 The stoneware construction ensures food heats evenly, and side handles make the pan easy to transport from the counter to the oven, then straight to the table. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2026 Radiofrequency therapy heats the skin to stimulate collagen and elastin, improving firmness and elasticity. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 10 Aug. 2026 Also, hydrogen combustion can still produce nitrogen oxides, or NOx, because combustion heats nitrogen and oxygen from the air to very high temperatures. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026 The warm water heats the air above it, fueling more thunderstorms, lowering atmospheric pressure and altering the arrangement of pressure systems and the jet stream worldwide. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Airflow heats the barrel, and dries the hair while curling it in a process that uses 40 percent less energy than hair-dryer and brush methods. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 July 2026 SnowCap’s patented thermoelectric system cools, heats, filters and sanitises, all from the lid itself. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026

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warms

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The local bedrock — which has been soaking up heat all summer, and might be up to 70 or 80 degrees in the vicinity of those wells — now warms the water rather than cooling it.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2026
Food waste decomposing in landfills emits methane, a potent greenhouse gas that warms the planet.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

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