[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hot/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) / hot # hot adjective (hot, hotter, hottest) «hot» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Having a high temperature; very warm: "hot soup". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#m1) 2. Making your mouth burn because of spices: "hot sauce". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#m2) 3. Feeling too warm: "I'm hot." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#m3) 4. Very popular or new (informal): "the hot toy this year". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#m4) 5. Hot can also mean very keen or eager about doing something (informal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#m5) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#x1) - Don't touch the hot pan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#x2) - It is a hot day, so drink water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#x3) - Hot air rises. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#x4) - This sauce is very hot and spicy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#x5) - The sand was hot under our feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#x6) - Run the hot tap carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#x7) - Summer is the hottest season. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#x8) - He hot fer true, ain't he?" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/#x9) ### 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 Jewish tradition When anger is "hot" or "waxes hot", it means strong, burning anger. In the primary 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 - And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating; and as the sun waxed hot, it melted. (Torah EXO.16.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hot/#x1) - For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. (Torah DEU.9.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hot/#x2) - And Aaron said: 'Let not the anger of my lord wax hot; thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil. (Torah EXO.32.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hot/#x3) - Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? (Writings PRO.6.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hot/#x4) - Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine. (Writings LAM.5.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hot/#x5) - What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. (Writings JOB.6.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hot/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «hot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«hot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hot.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «hot» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«hot» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hot.html) on Mova free.