heat-treat

(hēt′trēt′)tr.v. heat-treat·ed, heat-treat·ing, heat-treats To treat (metal, for example) by alternate heating and cooling in order to produce desired characteristics, such as increased hardness; temper.

heat treater n.heat treatment n.

heat-treat

vb (Metallurgy) (tr) to apply heat to (a metal or alloy) in one or more temperature cycles to give it desirable properties heat treatment n

heat′-treat`

v.t. to subject (a metal or alloy) to controlled heating and cooling to improve hardness or other properties.

heat-treat

Past participle: heat-treated
Gerund: heat-treating

Imperative
heat-treat
heat-treat

Present
I heat-treat
you heat-treat
he/she/it heat-treats
we heat-treat
you heat-treat
they heat-treat

Preterite
I heat-treated
you heat-treated
he/she/it heat-treated
we heat-treated
you heat-treated
they heat-treated

Present Continuous
I am heat-treating
you are heat-treating
he/she/it is heat-treating
we are heat-treating
you are heat-treating
they are heat-treating

Present Perfect
I have heat-treated
you have heat-treated
he/she/it has heat-treated
we have heat-treated
you have heat-treated
they have heat-treated

Past Continuous
I was heat-treating
you were heat-treating
he/she/it was heat-treating
we were heat-treating
you were heat-treating
they were heat-treating

Past Perfect
I had heat-treated
you had heat-treated
he/she/it had heat-treated
we had heat-treated
you had heat-treated
they had heat-treated

Future
I will heat-treat
you will heat-treat
he/she/it will heat-treat
we will heat-treat
you will heat-treat
they will heat-treat

Future Perfect
I will have heat-treated
you will have heat-treated
he/she/it will have heat-treated
we will have heat-treated
you will have heat-treated
they will have heat-treated

Future Continuous
I will be heat-treating
you will be heat-treating
he/she/it will be heat-treating
we will be heat-treating
you will be heat-treating
they will be heat-treating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been heat-treating
you have been heat-treating
he/she/it has been heat-treating
we have been heat-treating
you have been heat-treating
they have been heat-treating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been heat-treating
you will have been heat-treating
he/she/it will have been heat-treating
we will have been heat-treating
you will have been heat-treating
they will have been heat-treating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been heat-treating
you had been heat-treating
he/she/it had been heat-treating
we had been heat-treating
you had been heat-treating
they had been heat-treating

Conditional
I would heat-treat
you would heat-treat
he/she/it would heat-treat
we would heat-treat
you would heat-treat
they would heat-treat

Past Conditional
I would have heat-treated
you would have heat-treated
he/she/it would have heat-treated
we would have heat-treated
you would have heat-treated
they would have heat-treated