HEATS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

heats

verb

present tense third-person singular of heat

as in warms

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 With the team’s new system, the heat pump heats water and uses a large tank to buffer the heat. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 In those systems, surplus solar and wind power runs a heat pump that heats material packed into the well to as much as 284 F (140 C), and that heat later drives a generator. — Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 Recycled energy heats the outdoor pool (Blue Lagoon) and promenade benches. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026 This process, called solarization, heats the soil so much that the seeds die. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 9 Sep. 2026 The river there heats to temperatures that block trout passage in summer. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Afternoon sun streams straight through and heats the room from the inside. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Fission – or the splitting of atoms (usually uranium) – produces energy that heats a liquid (usually water) into steam, which then spins a turbine, generating electricity. — Donald Keough, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026 The falling space rock creates a shock wave in front of it that heats it and the gas surrounding it. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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warms

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That release then warms the atmosphere, which in turn has a domino effect on weather patterns around the globe.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
At Epic, that heat warms offices, supplies hot water to the dining halls and melts snow off the sidewalks.

— Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

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