adjective
The hot, molten steel is cast into ingots here. During the day it is hot, but it cools down at night
She likes very hot food, with plenty of chilli
He had some hot words with the foreman who had dismissed him
Desmond set out in hot pursuit of the thief
The hottest gossip is that she is marrying for the seventh time
The publisher believes Zenobia's Memoirs to be the hot property of the year
They were really hot, not having been with anyone of the opposite sex for months
That hot pink lipstick looks good with your suntan
The hot wire connects to the other terminal - I think
The situation is getting a bit too hot to handle
verb
The environment is hotting up as a political issue
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