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Heat Hiːt Heated Food Verb Bre Oil Add

Word heat
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / hiːt / NAmE / hiːt /
Example
  • heat the oil and add the onions.
  • the system produced enough energy to heat several thousand homes.
  • allow the food enough time to heat through.
  • heat the sauce gently for a few minutes.
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heat

(verb)BrE / hiːt / NAmE / hiːt /
  1. to make something hot or warm; to become hot or warm
    • Heat the oil and add the onions.
    • The system produced enough energy to heat several thousand homes.

    Extra Examples

    • Allow the food enough time to heat through.
    • Heat the sauce gently for a few minutes.
    • Make sure the soup is well heated.
    • They heat up the food in a microwave oven.
    • Check the lasagne is heated through before serving.
    • Metals expand when heated.
    • Water is heated by a gas burner and circulated through the pipes.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they heat
    • he / she / it heats
    • past simple heated
    • past participle heated
    • -ing form heating

    Word Origin

    • Old English hǣtu (noun), hǣtan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hitte (noun) and German heizen (verb), also to hot.
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