heats

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of heat. Use this form with he, she, or it.

   The oven heats up in just five minutes.

   Sunlight heats the surface of the pond by midday.

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2. 2
   noun

   Plural of heat. Use this when you mean more than one.

   The runners raced in two heats this afternoon.

   She won both of her heats easily.

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3. 3
   noundatedcountableplural

   A time when the weather stays very hot for many days.

   The summer heats kept the children inside all day.

   During the heats of summer the mortar is injured by a too rapid desiccation.

   1871, Robert Scott Burn, MasonryHere, heats means periods of hot weather, the hottest part of summer.

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