Definition of "convect" []

• To transfer (heat) by convection. (verb-transitive)
• To undergo convection: warm air convecting upward. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Air in free fall does not convect, which means that everything that heats up has to be cooled by fans; the space shuttle is LOUD inside."
• "And even if you did find a way to create such blast furnace like conditions, the fact of the matter is that you would convect a significant portion of the heat away, just like what happens in a fireplace; in order to let fresh air in, you have to let the heated, oxygen-depleted air escape."
• "April 13th, 2008 at 4: 01 pm slots says: slots disgusts convect stanchest kerchief conforming suicides"