- hot
- adj.1 of the weatherVERBS▪ be▪ become, get, grow, turn▪
The sun shone fiercely down and it grew hotter and hotter.
ADVERB▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.▪ baking (esp. BrE), blazing, boiling, exceptionally, extremely, incredibly, intensely, oppressively, really, scorching, stiflingly, swelteringly, unbearably, uncomfortably, unusually▪a boiling hot summer day
▪It was unbearably hot in the car.
▪ a little, slightly, etc.▪This weather's a little hot for me.
2 of a personVERBS▪ be, feel, look▪Don't you feel hot so close to the fire?
▪ get, grow, turn▪She was beginning to get uncomfortably hot.
▪His face grew hot at the memory of his embarrassment.
ADVERB▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.▪ boiling, burning, uncomfortably▪I was boiling hot and sweaty.
▪His forehead was burning hot.
▪ a little, slightly, etc.3 of a thingVERBS▪ be, feel, look, seem▪ get▪ keep, stay▪The food should stay hot until we're ready to eat.
▪ keep sth▪The containers keep the food hot for five hours.
▪ eat sth, serve sth▪Serve hot or cold accompanied by bread and a salad.
ADVERB▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.▪Wash the tablecloth in fairly hot soapy water.
▪ scalding▪ piping, sizzling, steaming (all used about food)▪a bowl of piping hot soup
▪Make sure the fat is sizzling hot.
▪ a little, slightly, etc.▪ moderately▪Bake in a moderately hot oven.
▪ enough▪The ground was hot enough to fry an egg.
4 spicyVERBS▪ be, tasteADVERB▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.▪I love really hot food.
▪That was a pretty hot curry!
▪ a little, slightly, etc.Hot is used with these nouns: ↑afternoon, ↑air, ↑ash, ↑bath, ↑biscuit, ↑blast, ↑blood, ↑breakfast, ↑breath, ↑broiler, ↑cheek, ↑chilli, ↑chocolate, ↑cider, ↑cinder, ↑climate, ↑coal, ↑coffee, ↑commodity, ↑country, ↑cup, ↑curry, ↑date, ↑day, ↑desert, ↑destination, ↑dish, ↑drink, ↑fat, ↑favourite, ↑fire, ↑flame, ↑flash, ↑flush, ↑food, ↑furnace, ↑gas, ↑glare, ↑grill, ↑guy, ↑iron, ↑key, ↑lunch, ↑meal, ↑metal, ↑milk, ↑month, ↑mouth, ↑mug, ↑mustard, ↑news, ↑nightclub, ↑oven, ↑pan, ↑pepper, ↑pink, ↑prospect, ↑restaurant, ↑room, ↑sand, ↑sauce, ↑sensation, ↑sex, ↑show, ↑shower, ↑snack, ↑soup, ↑spell, ↑spot, ↑spring, ↑starter, ↑steam, ↑sting, ↑stove, ↑streak, ↑summer, ↑sun, ↑sunlight, ↑sunshine, ↑supper, ↑tap, ↑tea, ↑tear, ↑temper, ↑temperature, ↑tip, ↑topic, ↑towel, ↑tub, ↑water, ↑weather
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
