heat

[hi:t] 1. noun

1) (the amount of hotness (of something), especially of things which are very hot: Test the heat of the water before you bath the baby.) toplota

2) (the warmth from something which is hot: The heat from the fire will dry your coat; the effect of heat on metal; the heat of the sun.) vročina

3) (the hottest time: the heat of the day.) vročina

4) (anger or excitement: He didn't mean to be rude - he just said that in the heat of the moment.) jeza

5) (in a sports competition etc, one of two or more contests from which the winners go on to take part in later stages of the competition: Having won his heat he is going through to the final.) krog

2. verb

((sometimes with up) to make or become hot or warm: We'll heat (up) the soup; The day heats up quickly once the sun has risen.) segreti (se)

- heated

- heatedly
- heatedness
- heater
- heating
- heat wave
- in/on heat See also:

- hot

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I [hi:t]

noun

vročina, toplina, toplota; žar, gorečnost, strast; silovitost; jeza, razjarjenost; višek napetosti; spolni nagon, spolna razdraženost živalskih samic

sport posamezen tek, krog; plural tekmovanje v teku; American slang pritisk, nasilje; juridically in the heat of passion — v afektu

at one heat — na en mah, v enem teku

in the heat of the battle — sredi največje borbe

in ( —ali on, at) heat — spolno razdražena (samica)

a bitch in heat — psica, ki se goni

sport a dead heat — neodločen izid teka

sport the trial ( —ali preliminary) heat — izločilni tek

sport the final heat — finalni tek

American slang to turn on heat — ostro poseči vmes

American slang to turn the heat on s.o. — pritisniti na koga

American slang the heat is on — ostro je, nevarno je

American slang the heat is off — pomirilo se je, ni več nevarnosti

prickly heat — pršica

II [hi:t]

1.

transitive verb

segreti, segrevati, pogreti (up, with, by); razvneti, razburiti;

2.

intransitive verb

segreti se, pogreti se, vneti se, razburiti se