Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To heat too much.
- intransitive verb To cause to become excited, agitated, or overstimulated.
- intransitive verb To become too hot or very excited.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To heat to excess.
- noun Excessive heat.
- noun Sunstroke.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To heat to excess; to superheat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
heat excessively - verb intransitive To become excessively
hot
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb get excessively and undesirably hot
- verb make excessively or undesirably hot
Etymologies
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Examples
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As Singapore's prime minister recently pointed out, if foreign workers are not allowed in, the economy will "overheat" - when productive capacity is unable to keep pace with growing demand and growth occurs at an unsustainable rate.
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The economy that is growing quickly would tend to "overheat"-an economic phenomenon characterized by accelerated growth, inflation and the potential for asset bubbles.
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There was an "overheat" warning in the No. 2 engine, followed by a "fire" warning.
The Seattle Times 2010
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There was an "overheat" warning in the No. 2 engine, followed by a "fire" warning.
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There was an "overheat" warning in the No. 2 engine, followed by a "fire" warning.
SFGate: Top News Stories By KRISTEN GELINEAU 2010
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There was an "overheat" warning in the No. 2 engine, followed by a "fire" warning.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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There was an "overheat" warning in the No. 2 engine, followed by a "fire" warning.
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There was an "overheat" warning in the No. 2 engine, followed by a "fire" warning.
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The more you attack, the more the meter fills up, and when you "overheat," you're immobilized.
GayGamer.net 2009
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No it's not normal for an iMac to "overheat" period.
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