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
Smokeless fire pits have a double-wall design that pulls cooler outside air up through the base, heats it up inside the outer walls, and releases it into the fire through small holes at the top.
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Clint Davis, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Such a trend could be like the parable of the frog in a pot that heats so slowly the frog doesn’t notice it’s being cooked until too late, except that OPEC+ has very good thermometers.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The aluminum base heats evenly.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
This heats the local area effectively, killing off the cancer cells without harming surrounding healthy cells.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
Ever since French scientist Louis Pasteur invented pasteurization – which heats milk to at least 145 degrees Fahrenheit to kill harmful bacteria – back in 1862, that’s been the standard in America.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
They are then loaded into an electrochemical reactor that heats it up to about 1500 degrees Celsius, resulting in the production of graphite.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Pasteurization heats every particle of a food to a specific temperature for a continuous length of time in order to kill the most heat-resistant pathogen associated with that product.
—Kerry E. Kaylegian, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
The milk is being tested before pasteurization, a process that heats milk to a specific temperature over time and kills harmful bacteria and viruses.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
Clint Davis, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Such a trend could be like the parable of the frog in a pot that heats so slowly the frog doesn’t notice it’s being cooked until too late, except that OPEC+ has very good thermometers.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The aluminum base heats evenly.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
This heats the local area effectively, killing off the cancer cells without harming surrounding healthy cells.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
Ever since French scientist Louis Pasteur invented pasteurization – which heats milk to at least 145 degrees Fahrenheit to kill harmful bacteria – back in 1862, that’s been the standard in America.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
They are then loaded into an electrochemical reactor that heats it up to about 1500 degrees Celsius, resulting in the production of graphite.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Pasteurization heats every particle of a food to a specific temperature for a continuous length of time in order to kill the most heat-resistant pathogen associated with that product.
—Kerry E. Kaylegian, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
The milk is being tested before pasteurization, a process that heats milk to a specific temperature over time and kills harmful bacteria and viruses.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
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