Heats
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hiːts/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Heats is a verb meaning third-person singular simple present indicative of heat.
Meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of heat.
More Meanings
- plural of heat (countable senses)
- (plural noun, dated) A period of hot weather.
Example Sentences
Everyone suffered during the heats of July.
During the heats of summer the mortar is injured by a too rapid desiccation.
Day after day succeeds of most delicious, dreamy softness; not enervating like the heats of summer, but exhilarating to soul and body.
The heats of the spring, says M. Berthe, (which I need not observe are considerable at Seville,) were at this time beginning to be felt.
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