convect
/kənˈvɛkt/
convect verb: to move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection.
Verb
convect (third-person singular simple present convects, present participle convecting, simple past and past participle convected)
- To move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection.
- To undergo convection.
- The heated surface caused the air to convect.
Forms of convect
| third-person singular present | convects |
|---|---|
| present participle | convecting |
| past participle | convected |
| past | convected |
Origin of convect
Back-formation from convection.
Words formed from convect
Words that rhyme with convect
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- respect
- deflect
- dissect
- expect
- redirect
- suspect
- correct
- defect
- disconnect
- infect
- inflect
- neglect
- resurrect
- unchecked
- abject
- bisect
- deject
- deselect
- genuflect
- incorrect
- inspect
- interject
- introspect
- object
- sect
- wrecked
- conject
- decked
- detect
- elect
- intersect
- necked
- perfect
- prospect
- protect
- recollect
- reconnect
- select
- subject
- trisect
- bandreject
- cathect
- cobra effect
- counterobject
- despect
- disinfect
- disject
- disrespect
Questions about convect
- What does convect mean?
- Convect means to move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection.
- What part of speech is convect?
- Convect is a verb.
- How do you pronounce convect?
- Convect is pronounced /kənˈvɛkt/.
- What is the past tense of convect?
- The past tense of convect is convected.
Words near convect in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: convect (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “convect.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/convect. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.