overheat

English

Etymology

From Middle English overheten, equivalent to over- +‎ heat. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/
• IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/
• Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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

1. (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'.

2. (intransitive) To become excessively hot.

Derived terms

• overheater

Translations

to heat excessively

• Finnish: ylikuumentaa, ylilämmittää
• Georgian: გადახურება (gadaxureba)
• German: überhitzen (de)
• Old English: forhǣtan
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• Polish: przegrzewać impf, przegrzać (pl) pf
• Portuguese: sobreaquecer
• Russian: перегрева́ть (ru) impf (peregrevátʹ), перегре́ть (ru) pf (peregrétʹ)
• Spanish: sobrecalentar (es)
• Swedish: överhetta

to become excessively hot

• Catalan: sobreescalfar (ca)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: ylikuumeta
• German: überhitzen (de)
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• Old English: forhǣtan
• Polish: przegrzewać się impf, przegrzać się pf
• Portuguese: rescaldar, sobreaquecer
• Russian: перегрева́ться (ru) impf (peregrevátʹsja), перегре́ться (ru) pf (peregrétʹsja)
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overheat — see burn

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• French: ^{(please verify)} échauffer (fr)
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Noun

overheat (plural overheats)

1. 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

condition

• Finnish: ylikuumeneminen, ylilämpö
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Anagrams

• overhate