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overheat en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”). By surface analysis, over- + heat.
Meanings
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A condition of being overheated.
Continued operation with an overheat could lead to other serious problems, perhaps even a fire.
2002, Earl Rogers, Captain, page 245:
Forms
Translations (4)
cmn 過熱 /过热 (condition) · fi ylikuumeneminen (condition) · bg прегряване (condition) · fi ylilämpö (condition)
overheat en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”). By surface analysis, over- + heat.
Meanings
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(transitive) To heat excessively.
'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'.
1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 131:
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(intransitive) To become excessively hot.
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To grow too quickly in an uncontrolled way.
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.
2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
Forms
Deriveds
overheater
Translations (48)
pl przegrzewać (heat excessively) · vi trở nên quá nóng (become excessively hot) · ru перегрева́ться (become excessively hot) · hu túlhevít (heat excessively) · be перагрэ́цца (become excessively hot) · pt sobreaquecer (heat excessively) · uk перегрі́ти (heat excessively) · cmn 過熱 /过热 (heat excessively) · de überhitzen (heat excessively) · fi ylikuumentua (become excessively hot) · cmn 過熱 /过热 (become excessively hot) · cmn 失控增長 /失控增长 (grow too quickly) · bg прегрявам (heat excessively) · hu túlmelegszik (become excessively hot) · hu túlhevül (become excessively hot) · fi ylikuumeta (become excessively hot) · uk перегріва́тися (become excessively hot) · uk перегрі́тися (become excessively hot) · es sobrecalentar (heat excessively) · es recalentar (heat excessively) · fr surchauffer (heat excessively) · es recalentarse (become excessively hot) · ru перегрева́ть (heat excessively) · pl przegrzać (heat excessively) · ru перегре́ть (heat excessively) · pt rescaldar (become excessively hot) · ang forhǣtan (heat excessively) · ca sobreescalfar (become excessively hot) · fi ylikuumeta (grow too quickly) · pl przegrzać się (become excessively hot) · be пераграва́ць (heat excessively) · fi ylikuumentaa (heat excessively) · hu túlfűt (heat excessively) · be перагрэ́ць (heat excessively) · de überhitzen (become excessively hot) · be пераграва́цца (become excessively hot) · bg прегрявам се (become excessively hot) · ka გადაცხელება (heat excessively) · ka გადახურება (heat excessively) · pl przegrzewać się (become excessively hot) · pt sobreaquecer (become excessively hot) · uk перегріва́ти (heat excessively) · fi ylilämmittää (heat excessively) · es sobrecalentarse (become excessively hot) · sv överhetta (heat excessively) · es rechizar (heat excessively) · ru перегре́ться (become excessively hot) · ang forhǣtan (become excessively hot)