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( health ) the movement or sound of your heart as it pushes blood around your body

heart • break / ' hartbreik / noun [ noncount ]

a strong feeling of sadness or disappointment

► heart • break • ing / ' hart|breikig / adjective

making you feel very sad

a heartbreaking story about a homeless family

heart • bro • ken / ' hart|broukэn /

extremely sad because of something that has happened Maggie was heartbroken when her grandfather died.

heart • less / ' hartbs / adjective

not kind; cruel

heat i © / hit / noun

[ noncount ] the feeling of something hot the heat of the sun

[ noncount ] hot weather

I love the heat. —ANTONYM cold

[ noncount ] a system for making a building warm Can you turn up the heat? I'm freezing!

[ count ] ( sports ) one of the first parts of a race or competition

heat 2 © / hit / (also heat up ) verb ( heats , heat . ing , heat . ed )

to make something hot; to become hot

I heated the milk in the microwave.

Wait for the oven to heat up before you put the cake in.

heat • er / ' h^r / noun [ count ]

a thing that makes a place warm or that heats water a water heater

The room was cold, so he bought a space heater (= a small heater for one room ) .

heave / hiv / verb ( heaves , heav ing , heaved )

to lift or pull something heavy We heaved the suitcase up the stairs.

heav • en / ' hevn/ noun [ noncount ]

( religion ) the place where many people believe God lives and where good people go to when they die

— Look at hell .

heav .уф / 'hevi/ adjective ( heav . i .er,heav . i .est)

1 weighing a lot; difficult to lift or move

can't carry this bag — it's too heavy.

—ANTONYM light

a word used to describe a person when you do not want to say that they are fat

Ted's gotten a little heavier since the last time I saw him. Thesaurus

fat is a general word to describe a person who has a large round body, but it is not polite to say to someone that they are fat: Do I look fat in this dress? ♦ I'm getting fat!

overweight is a little more polite, and is also a word used by doctors or health professionals: She's a little overweight. ♦ He's only a few pounds overweight. heavy is often used when you want to be polite: Donna's gotten a little heavier since the last time I saw her.

obese means very fat, in a way that is not healthy. This word is often used by doctors and health professionals, but is also used in a general way to mean "very fat": Obese patients are given advice on healthy eating.

larger, stronger, or more than usual heavy rain

The traffic was very heavy this morning. —ANTONYM light

heav • i • ly / ' hevэli / adverb It was raining heavily.

heav • y met • al / |hevi ' metl /

[noncount]

( music ) a kind of loud rock music

hec • tic / ' hektik / adjective

very busy

I had a hectic day at work.

he'd / hid /

short for he had , he would

hedge / hed3 / noun [ count ]

a line of small trees planted close together

heel / hii / noun [ count ]

the back part of your foot —Look at the picture at leg .

the back part of a shoe under the heel of your foot —Look at the picture at shoe .

the part of a sock that covers the heel of your foot height © / hait / noun

Pronunciation

The word height sounds like white .

[ count, noncount ] how far it is from the bottom to the top of someone or something

What is the normal height of a basketball hoop?

The wall is 12 feet in height.

She asked me my height, weight, and age.

Look at the picture at dimension .

The adjective is high .

[ count ] a high place I'm afraid of heights.

[ noncount ] the strongest or most important part of something