Meanings
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of heat
- pluralplural of heat (countable senses)
- datednounpluralplural onlyA period of hot weather.
Everyone suffered during the heats of July.
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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.
1830, Usher Parsons, On the comparative influence of Vegetable and Animal Decomposition as a cause of Fever.During the heats of summer the mortar is injured by a too rapid desiccation.
1871, Robert Scott Burn, Masonry, Bricklaying and Plastering, published 2015, page 156Day after day succeeds of most delicious, dreamy softness; not enervating like the heats of summer, but exhilarating to soul and body.
1901, Albert Matthews, The Term Indian Summer, page 34
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heats. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heats
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