overheat

English

Etymology

over- +‎ heat

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

overheat (third-person singular simple present overheats, present participle overheating, simple past and past participle overheated)

1. (transitive) To heat excessively
2. (intransitive) To become excessively hot

Derived terms

• overheater

Translations

to heat excessively

• Finnish: ylikuumentaa (fi)
• Russian: перегревать (ru) (peregrevátʹ)  impf., перегреть (ru) (peregrétʹ)  pf.

• Spanish: sobrecalentar (es)

to become excessively hot

• Catalan: sobreescalfar (ca)
• Finnish: ylikuumentua (fi), ylikuumeta (fi)

• Russian: перегреваться (ru) (peregrevátʹsja)  impf., перегреться (ru) (peregrétʹsja)  pf.

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• French: échauffer
• German: überhitzen