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on heat

on heat is the alternative form of in heat.

Meaning of in heat

Prepositional phrase

  1. In oestrus; receptive to mating.
    Synonyms:
    in season
    Antonyms:
    out of heat

Words formed from on heat

Questions about on heat

What is on heat the alternative form of?
On heat is the alternative form of in heat.

Words near on heat in the dictionary

  1. on God
  2. on God's green Earth
  3. on good terms
  4. on guard
  5. on hand
  6. on heat
  7. on high
  8. on hire
  9. On HMS
  10. on hold
  11. on horseback

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on heat (page history and authors); in heat (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.

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