hot
part of speech
adjective (hot, hotter, hottest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Having a high temperature; very warm: "hot soup". tree →
2) Making your mouth burn because of spices: "hot sauce". tree →
3) Feeling too warm: "I'm hot." tree →
4) Very popular or new (informal): "the hot toy this year". tree →
5) Hot can also mean very keen or eager about doing something (informal). tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, hot means high temperature; heat moves from hotter things to colder things. In safety: hot stoves, kettles, irons and water can burn; never touch things that might be hot; drink water on hot days. Phrases: hot weather, hot water, red-hot, piping hot, hot and cold, hot spot.
examples
- The soup is too hot to eat. tree →
- Don't touch the hot pan. tree →
- It is a hot day, so drink water. tree →
- Hot air rises. tree →
- This sauce is very hot and spicy. tree →
- The sand was hot under our feet. tree →
- Run the hot tap carefully. tree →
- Summer is the hottest season. tree →
- He hot fer true, ain't he?" tree →
note
Double the t: hotter, hottest. "Hot" can mean high temperature or spicy — check which. Higher temperature numbers mean hotter. Metal gets hot fast; a cooker can stay hot after it is turned off.
In the corpora
- There is rent or a mortgage, energy for heating and hot water, council tax, broadband and insurance.
- Hot water costs energy to heat, so long showers cost money and leave less for the next person.
- His heart thumps, his cheeks go hot, and he shoves the tablet under a cushion.
- When you see something upsetting, the body reacts fast: the heart races, the cheeks go hot, you may freeze.
- Vent water can be hotter than three hundred degrees, but it does not boil because of the huge pressure of the deep sea.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.