overheat
Pronunciation: /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/
The English word “overheat” has 4 meanings listed here.
verb
- To heat excessively.
- To become excessively hot.
- To grow too quickly in an uncontrolled way.
noun
- A condition of being overheated.
Etymology
From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”). By surface analysis, over- + heat.
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