overheat
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English overheten, equivalent to over- + heat. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/
- Rhymes: -iːt
Verb edit
overheat (third-person singular simple present overheats, present participle overheating, simple past and past participle overheated)
- (transitive) To heat excessively.
- 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 131:
- 'Made one quite thankful to get back to the fug, though as a rule I think the way these trains are overheated is something scandalous'.
- (intransitive) To become excessively hot.
- (economics) To grow too quickly in an uncontrolled way.
- 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker[1], →ISSN:
- Dalio said that the Chinese economy was in danger of overheating, and somebody asked how a Chinese slowdown would affect the price of oil and other commodities.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to heat excessively
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to become excessively hot
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overheat — see burn
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Noun edit
overheat (plural overheats)
- A condition of being overheated.
- 2002, Earl Rogers, Captain, page 245:
- Continued operation with an overheat could lead to other serious problems, perhaps even a fire.
Translations edit
condition
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