nounπShareA heterosexual person.""Many people assume that everyone is a het, but that's not true; sexual orientation is diverse." "personsexChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareFan fiction based on celebrities or fictional characters involved in an opposite-sex romantic and/or sexual relationship."Many fans enjoy reading het featuring their favorite actress and actor from the latest superhero movie. "cultureentertainmentliteraturewritingmediaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareHeterosexual."He described his dating life as generally "het," meaning he usually dates women. "sexhumanpersonsocietycultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up")."The sun can het the sand on the beach until it's too hot to walk on. "energyphysicsweatherenvironmentprocessscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo become hotter."The metal chair will het if you leave it in the sun all day. "weatherphysicsenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish."The bully's taunts began to het him up, his face turning red with anger and frustration. "emotionphysiologybodymindsensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions."The coach's motivational speech het the players to a fever pitch before the big game. "emotionmindactioncharactersensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo arouse, to excite (sexually)."The massage heated her up."sexbodysensationhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareHeated."The het argument between the siblings made their mother very upset. "energyphysicsconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareHeterozygote"The child is a het for albinism, meaning they carry one copy of the recessive gene but do not express the trait themselves. "biologymedicineorganismsciencebiochemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareHeterozygous"The child is het for blue eyes, meaning they inherited one gene for blue eyes and one gene for a different eye color. "biologymedicinescienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others)."In Hebrew school, we learned to write the letter "het," which looks a bit like a fence. "languagewritingwordsignlinguisticshistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading