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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
hot
    adj 1: used of physical heat; having a high or higher than
           desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or
           causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot
           water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's
           hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" [ant: cold]
    2: characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement;
       very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot
       engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging
       torrent" [syn: hot, raging]
    3: extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked
       by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or
       enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book";
       "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument" [ant: cold]
    4: (color) bold and intense; "hot pink"
    5: sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants"
    6: recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car"
    7: very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot
       sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start";
       "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" [syn: blistering,
       hot, red-hot]
    8: wanted by the police; "a hot suspect"
    9: producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves; "hot
       salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot" [syn: hot, spicy]
    10: performed or performing with unusually great skill and
        daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight"
    11: very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents";
        "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season"
    12: very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him";
        "in the hot seat"; "in hot water"
    13: newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot
        information" [syn: hot, red-hot]
    14: having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the
        dice are hot tonight"
    15: very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but
        not so hot at history"
    16: newly made; "a hot scent"
    17: having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for
        travel"
    18: of a seeker; very near to the object sought; "you are hot"
    19: having or dealing with dangerously high levels of
        radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory"
    20: charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live
        wire" [syn: hot, live]
    21: marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hot \Hot\,
   imp. & p. p. of Hote. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hot \Hot\, a. [Compar. Hotter; superl. Hottest.] [OE. hot,
   hat, AS. h[=a]t; akin to OS. h[=e]t, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G.
   heiss, Icel. heitr, Sw. het, Dan. heed, hed; cf. Goth.
   heit[=o] fever, hais torch. Cf. Heat.]
   1. Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth
      in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and
      exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or
      air. "A hotvenison pasty." --Shak.
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   2. Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily
      excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.
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            Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful.
                                                  --Dryden.
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            There was mouthing in hot haste.      --Byron.
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   3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous. --Shak.
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   4. Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.
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   Hot bed (Iron Manuf.), an iron platform in a rolling mill,
      on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.

   Hot wall (Gardening), a wall provided with flues for the
      conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or
      the ripening of fruit.

   Hot well (Condensing Engines), a receptacle for the hot
      water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water
      is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well
      by the feed pump.

   In hot water (Fig.), in trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.]

   Syn: Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk;
        vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent;
        fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty;
        excitable.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hote \Hote\, v. t. & i. [pres. & imp. Hatte, Hot, etc.; p.
   p. Hote, Hoten, Hot, etc. See Hight, Hete.]
   1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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   2. To promise. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.]
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            There as I was wont to hote Arcite,
            Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hight \Hight\, v. t. & i. [imp. Hight, Hot, p. p. Hight,
   Hote (?), Hoten (?). See Hote.] [OE. heiten, highten,
   haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was
   called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command,
   promise; also h[=a]tte is called, was called; akin to G.
   heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the
   passive, to be called.]
   1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]
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   Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a
         present, meaning is called or named, also as a
         preterite, was called or named. This form has also been
         used as a past participle. See Hote.
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               The great poet of Italy,
               That highte Dante.                 --Chaucer.
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               Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight.
                                                  --Surrey.
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               Entered then into the church the Reverend
               Teacher.
               Father he hight, and he was, in the parish.
                                                  --Longfellow.
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               Childe Harold was he hight.        --Byron.
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   2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]
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            But the sad steel seized not where it was hight
            Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]
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            Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. --Spenser.
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   4. To promise. [Obs.]
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            He had hold his day, as he had hight. --Chaucer.
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