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Heat Hiːt Heated Food Verb Bre Oil Add
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BrE / hiːt / NAmE / hiːt / |
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- 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 / - 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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