OVERHEAT
overheat
(verb) get excessively and undesirably hot; “The car engines overheated”
overheat
(verb) make excessively or undesirably hot; “The room was overheated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overheat (third-person singular simple present overheats, present participle overheating, simple past and past participle overheated)
(transitive) To heat excessively.
(intransitive) To become excessively hot.
Noun
overheat (plural overheats)
A condition of being overheated.
Anagrams
• overhate
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*heat", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Superheat.]
Definition: To heat to excess; to superheat. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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