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Heat Definition–noun | 1. | the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth. |
| 2. | the condition or quality of being hot: the heat of an oven. |
| 3. | the degree of hotness; temperature: moderate heat. |
| 4. | the sensation of warmth or hotness: unpleasant heat. |
| 5. | a bodily temperature higher than normal: the heat of a fever; the feeling of heat caused by physical exertion. |
| 6. | added or external energy that causes a rise in temperature, expansion, evaporation, or other physical change. |
| 7. | Physics. a nonmechanical energy transfer with reference to a temperature difference between a system and its surroundings or between two parts of the same system. Symbol: Q |
| 8. | a hot condition of the atmosphere or physical environment; hot season or weather. |
| 9. | a period of hot weather. |
| 10. | a sharp, pungent flavor, as that produced by strong spices. |
| 11. | warmth or intensity of feeling; vehemence; passion: He spoke with much heat and at great length. |
| 12. | maximum intensity in an activity, condition, etc.; the height of any action, situation, or the like: the heat of battle; the heat of passion. |
| 13. | extreme pressure, as of events, resulting in tension or strain: In the heat of his hasty departure he forgot his keys. |
| 14. | a single intense effort; a sustained, concentrated, and continuous operation: The painting was finished at a heat. |
| 15. | Slang. intensified pressure, esp. in a police investigation. |
| 17. | Slang. armed protection, esp. a pistol, revolver, or other firearm: All guards carry some heat. |
| 18. | Sports. | a. | a single course in or division of a race or other contest. |
| b. | a race or other contest in which competitors attempt to qualify for entry in the final race or contest. |
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| 19. | Metallurgy. | a. | a single operation of heating, as of metal in a furnace, in the treating and melting of metals. |
| b. | a quantity of metal produced by such an operation. |
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| 20. | Zoology. | a. | sexual receptiveness in animals, esp. females. |
| b. | the period or duration of such receptiveness: to be in heat. |
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–verb (used with object) | 21. | to make hot or warm (often fol. by up). |
| 22. | to excite emotionally; inflame or rouse with passion. |
–verb (used without object) | 23. | to become hot or warm (often fol. by up). |
| 24. | to become excited emotionally. |
—Verb phrase| 25. | heat up, to increase or become more active or intense: Business competition will heat up toward the end of the year. |
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Pack Definition–noun | 1. | a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, esp. one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack. |
| 2. | a definite quantity or standard measure of something wrapped up or otherwise assembled for merchandising (sometimes used in combination): a pack of cigarettes; a six-pack of beer. |
| 3. | the quantity of something that is packaged, canned, or the like, at one time, in one season, etc.: last year's salmon pack. |
| 4. | a group of people or things: a pack of fools; a pack of lies. |
| 5. | a group of certain animals of the same kind, esp. predatory ones: a pack of wolves. |
| 6. | Hunting. a number of hounds, esp. foxhounds and beagles, regularly used together in a hunt. |
| 7. | a complete set of playing cards, usually 52 in number; deck. |
| 9. | a considerable area of pieces of floating ice driven or packed together. |
| 10. | Metalworking. a pile of metal sheets for hot-rolling together. |
| 11. | Medicine/Medi
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| c. | Obsolete. the state of being so wrapped. |
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| 12. | Mining. | a. | Also called pack wall. a rubble wall for supporting a roof. |
| b. | any of various other roof supports of timber, timber and rubble, or rubble and wire mesh. |
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| 13. | a cosmetic material, usually of a pastelike consistency, applied either to the face or to the hair and scalp: a mud pack; a beauty pack; a henna pack. |
| 15. | Obsolete. a plot; conspiracy. |
| 16. | Obsolete. a low or worthless person. |
–verb (used with object) | 17. | to make into a pack or bundle. |
| 18. | to form into a group or compact mass. |
| 19. | to fill with anything compactly arranged: to pack a trunk. |
| 20. | to put into or arrange compactly in a trunk, valise, etc., as for traveling or storage: I packed a two-week supply of clothes for the trip. |
| 21. | to press or crowd together within; cram: The crowd packed the gallery. |
| 22. | to prepare for marketing by putting into containers or packages: to pack fruit for shipping. |
| 23. | to make airtight, vaportight, or watertight by stuffing: to pack the piston of a steam engine. |
| 24. | to cover or envelop with something pressed closely around. |
| 25. | to load, as with packs: We packed the mules and then set off for the lake. |
| 26. | to carry or wear, esp. as part of one's usual equipment: to pack a gun. |
| 27. | Informal. to deliver (a powerful blow, strong message, etc.): He packs a better punch than any heavyweight in years. His speech packed a powerful plea for peace. |
| 28. | to treat with a therapeutic pack. |
–verb (used without object) | 29. | to pack goods in compact form, as for transportation or storage (often fol. by up
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| 30. | to place clothes and personal items in a suitcase, trunk, etc., preparatory to traveling. |
| 31. | to be capable of or suitable for compact storage or packing for transportation: articles that pack well. |
| 32. | to crowd together, as persons: The audience packed into the auditorium. |
| 33. | to become compacted: Wet snow packs readily. |
| 34. | to collect into a group: The grouse began to pack. |
–adjective | 35. | transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load: pack animals. |
| 36. | compressed into a pack; packed. |
| 37. | used in or adapted for packing: pack equipment. |
| 38. | Chiefly Scot. (of animals) tame. |
—Verb phrases| 39. | pack in or up, to relinquish or give up; quit: One failure was no reason to pack the whole experiment in. After thirty years of touring, the violinist packed his career up and retired. |
| 40. | pack off or away, | a. | to dispatch: We packed the kids off to camp for the summer. |
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—Idiom| 41. | pack it in, | a. | to give up; abandon one's efforts: In 1972 we packed it in and moved back to Florida. |
| b. | to cease being a nuisance. |
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