Cold vs. Heat

Coldadjective

(of a thing) Having a low temperature.

Coldadjective

(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.

Coldadjective

(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

Coldadjective

Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.

Coldadjective

Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.

Coldadjective

Completely unprepared; without introduction.

Coldadjective

Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

Coldadjective

(usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.

Coldadjective

(usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.

Coldadjective

(obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.

Coldadjective

(obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.

Coldadjective

Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.

Coldadjective

(obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.

Coldadjective

Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.

Coldadjective

(painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.

Coldadjective

(databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.

Coldnoun

A condition of low temperature.

Coldnoun

(medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

Coldadverb

While at low temperature.

Coldadverb

Without preparation.

Coldadverb

With finality.

Coldadverb

In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.

Coldadjective

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

Coldadjective

Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.

Coldadjective

Not pungent or acrid.

Coldadjective

Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.

Coldadjective

Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.

Coldadjective

Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.

Coldadjective

Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.

Coldadjective

Not sensitive; not acute.

Coldadjective

Distant; - said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.

Coldadjective

Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.

Coldnoun

The relative absence of heat or warmth.

Coldnoun

The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.

Coldnoun

A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.

Coldverb

To become cold.

Coldnoun

a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs);

Coldnoun

the absence of heat;

Coldnoun

the sensation produced by low temperatures;

Coldadjective

used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration;

Coldadjective

extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion;

Coldadjective

having lost freshness through passage of time;

Coldadjective

(color) giving no sensation of warmth;

Coldadjective

marked by errorless familiarity;

Coldadjective

no longer new; uninteresting;

Coldadjective

so intense as to be almost uncontrollable;

Coldadjective

sexually unresponsive;

Coldadjective

without compunction or human feeling;

Coldadjective

feeling or showing no enthusiasm;

Coldadjective

unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication;

Coldadjective

of a seeker; far from the object sought

Coldadjective

lacking the warmth of life;

Cold

Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception.

Heatnoun

(uncountable) Thermal energy.

Heatnoun

(uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.

Heatnoun

(uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.

Heatnoun

(uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.

Heatnoun

(uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.

Heatnoun

The police.

Heatnoun

One or more firearms.

Heatnoun

A fastball.

Heatnoun

(uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.

Heatnoun

(countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race

Heatnoun

(countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.

Heatnoun

(countable) A hot spell .

Heatnoun

(uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.

Heatnoun

(uncountable) The output of a heating system.

Heatnoun

In omegaverse fan fiction, a cyclical period in which alphas and omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.

Heatverb

(transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot often with "up".

Heatverb

(intransitive) To become hotter.

Heatverb

To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.

Heatverb

To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.

Heatverb

To arouse, to excite (sexually).

Heatnoun

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode of motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric.

Heatnoun

The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold.

Heatnoun

High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc.

Heatnoun

Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise.

Heatnoun

A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats.

Heatnoun

A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three.

Heatnoun

Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party.

Heatnoun

Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation.

Heatnoun

Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency; as, in the heat of argument.

Heatnoun

Sexual excitement in animals; readiness for sexual activity; estrus or rut.

Heatnoun

Fermentation.

Heatnoun

Strong psychological pressure, as in a police investigation; as, when they turned up the heat, he took it on the lam.

Heatverb

To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like.

Heatverb

To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.

Heatverb

To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.

Heatverb

To grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat; as, the iron or the water heats slowly.

Heatverb

To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action; as, green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the dunghill.

Heat

Heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot.

Heatnoun

a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

Heatnoun

the presence of heat

Heatnoun

the sensation caused by heat energy

Heatnoun

intense passion or emotion

Heatnoun

applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

Heatnoun

a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

Heatnoun

utility to warm a building;

Heatverb

make hot or hotter;

Heatverb

provide with heat;

Heatverb

arouse or excite feelings and passions;

Heatverb

gain heat or get hot;

Heat

In thermodynamics, heat is energy in transfer to or from a thermodynamic system, by mechanisms other than thermodynamic work or transfer of matter. The various mechanisms of energy transfer that define heat are stated in the next section of this article.