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deheat

/diːˈhiːt/

deheat verb: to cool.

Verb

deheat (third-person singular simple present deheats, present participle deheating, simple past and past participle deheated)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) To cool.
    • Carburetor heat and mixture controls are also located on the console. A small electric fan sits on the floor to demist the bubble. It also comes in handy to deheat the pilot.1959, Flying, volumes 64-65, page 82
    • When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into the flaming furnace, Qod had already instructed his angel to deheat the flames and make them function like an air conditioner.1985, Julius Richard Scruggs, God is faithful, page 21

Forms of deheat

third-person singular presentdeheats
present participledeheating
past participledeheated
pastdeheated

Origin of deheat

From de- + heat.

Words that rhyme with deheat

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Questions about deheat

What does deheat mean?
Deheat means to cool.
What part of speech is deheat?
Deheat is a verb.
How do you pronounce deheat?
Deheat is pronounced /diːˈhiːt/.
What is the past tense of deheat?
The past tense of deheat is deheated.

Words near deheat in the dictionary

  1. Dehcho
  2. dehead
  3. deheaded
  4. deheading
  5. deheads
  6. deheat
  7. deheated
  8. deheating
  9. deheats
  10. dehegemonization
  11. dehegemonize

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