heats

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 The difference is, instead of using oil, which pollutes and heats the planet, the carbon in synthetic fuels is sucked from the air with filters, while the hydrogen comes from water using the process of electrolysis, powered with renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Sam Joseph, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024 Gas also heats the planet when burned. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024

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“Heats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heats. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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