heat vs cold
Definitions
noun
- the presence of heat
- utility to warm a building
- the sensation caused by heat energy
- a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
- the trait of being intensely emotional
verb
- make hot or hotter
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
- gain heat or get hot
- provide with heat
Examples
Whisk the egg in a bowl and heat a little oil in a nonstick pan.
Some lucky local with an open fire had determined the evening warranted a little extra cheer, more than the central heating could provide, and had lit a small blaze on his hearth.
I walked out of the theatre feeling a little odd, as I often do when I have been deeply immersed in a film.
Definitions
adjective
- feeling or showing no enthusiasm
- extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
- unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
- sexually unresponsive
- lacking the warmth of life
noun
- the sensation produced by low temperatures
- the absence of heat
- a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
Examples
She was all cold and bedraggled after falling into the river.
He pulled himself up and stumbled to the bathroom, where he turned on the cold tap and collapsed at the bottom of the shower, barely awake.
A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell.
