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overheat
verb over·heat \-ˈhēt\
: to become too hot
: to cause (something) to become too hot
Full Definition of OVERHEAT
transitive verb
1
: to heat to excess
2
: to stimulate or agitate unduly
intransitive verb
: to become heated beyond a safe or desirable point
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First Known Use of OVERHEAT
14th century
Rhymes with OVERHEAT
aquavit, at one's feet, balance sheet, biathlete, bittersweet, booster seat, bucket seat, catbird seat, cellulite, cookie sheet, corps d'elite, countryseat, county seat, crystal pleat, decathlete, drag one's feet, driver's seat, easy street, exegete, incomplete, indiscreet, latent heat, letter sheet, lorikeet, make ends meet, marguerite, Masorete, meadowsweet, meet and greet, miss a beat, Nayarit, obsolete, off one's feet, on one's feet, on the street, overeat, Paraclete, parakeet, pentathlete, prickly heat, rumble seat, saddle seat, scandal sheet, self-conceit, semisweet, shredded wheat, sliding seat, spirochete, superheat, to one's feet, triathlete, trick or treat, two-way street, undertreat, up one's street, winding-sheet, window seat
OVERHEAT Defined for Kids
overheat
verb over·heat \ˌō-vər-ˈhēt\
over·heat·edover·heat·ing
Definition of OVERHEAT for Kids
: to heat too much : become too hot <The engine overheated.>
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