Definitions
make hot or hotter
Word origin
From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“heat; hot”). Cognate with Scots hete (“heat”), Saterland Frisian Hatte (“heat”), Old High German heizī (“heat”). Related also to Dutch hitte (“heat”), German Hitze (“heat”), Swedish hetta (“heat”), Faroese and Icelandic hiti (“heat”). Related to hot.
Used in a sentence
“This furnace puts out 5000 BTUs of heat. That engine is really throwing off some heat. Removal of heat from the liquid caused it to turn into a solid.”
“Stay out of the heat of the sun!”
“The chili sauce gave the dish heat.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer9 curated clues
01“Hot weather”4 letters
02“Race qualifier”4 letters
03“Stove output”4 letters
04“Summer discomfort”4 letters
05“Summer warmth”4 letters
06“Warmth from a fire”4 letters
07“Warmth from a stove”4 letters
08“Warmth from an oven”4 letters
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