"overheat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/ [General-American], /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overheat.wav Forms: overheats [plural]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”). By surface analysis, over- + heat. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overheten}} Middle English overheten, {{cog|de|überheizen}} German überheizen, {{cog|sv|överhetta|t=to overheat}} Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”), {{surf|+af|en|over-|heat}} By surface analysis, over- + heat Head templates: {{en-noun}} overheat (plural overheats)
  1. A condition of being overheated. Categories (topical): Temperature Translations (condition): прегряване (pregrjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 過熱 /过热 (guòrè) (Chinese Mandarin), ylikuumeneminen (Finnish), ylilämpö (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-overheat-en-noun-UFkqrsnW Disambiguation of Temperature: 100 0 0 0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 38 22 21 19

Verb

IPA: /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/ [General-American], /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overheat.wav Forms: overheats [present, singular, third-person], overheating [participle, present], overheated [participle, past], overheated [past]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”). By surface analysis, over- + heat. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overheten}} Middle English overheten, {{cog|de|überheizen}} German überheizen, {{cog|sv|överhetta|t=to overheat}} Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”), {{surf|+af|en|over-|heat}} By surface analysis, over- + heat Head templates: {{en-verb}} overheat (third-person singular simple present overheats, present participle overheating, simple past and past participle overheated)
  1. (transitive) To heat excessively. Tags: transitive Translations (heat excessively): пераграва́ць (pjerahravácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), перагрэ́ць (pjerahrécʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), прегрявам (pregrjavam) (Bulgarian), 過熱 /过热 (guòrè) (Chinese Mandarin), ylikuumentaa (Finnish), ylilämmittää (Finnish), surchauffer (French), გადახურება (gadaxureba) (Georgian), გადაცხელება (gadacxeleba) (Georgian), überhitzen (German), túlfűt (Hungarian), túlhevít (Hungarian), forhǣtan (Old English), przegrzewać [imperfective] (Polish), przegrzać [perfective] (Polish), sobreaquecer (Portuguese), перегрева́ть (peregrevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), перегре́ть (peregrétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), sobrecalentar (Spanish), recalentar (Spanish), rechizar (english: the sun) [Spain] (Spanish), överhetta (Swedish), перегріва́ти (perehriváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), перегрі́ти (perehríty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-overheat-en-verb-Ah-ERi4e Disambiguation of 'heat excessively': 87 12 1
  2. (intransitive) To become excessively hot. Tags: intransitive Translations (become excessively hot): пераграва́цца (pjerahravácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), перагрэ́цца (pjerahrécca) [perfective] (Belarusian), прегрявам се (pregrjavam se) (Bulgarian), sobreescalfar (Catalan), 過熱 /过热 (guòrè) (Chinese Mandarin), ylikuumeta (Finnish), ylikuumentua (Finnish), überhitzen (German), túlmelegszik (Hungarian), túlhevül (Hungarian), forhǣtan (Old English), przegrzewać się [imperfective] (Polish), przegrzać się [perfective] (Polish), rescaldar (Portuguese), sobreaquecer (Portuguese), перегрева́ться (peregrevátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), перегре́ться (peregrétʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), sobrecalentarse (Spanish), recalentarse (Spanish), перегріва́тися (perehrivátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), перегрі́тися (perehrítysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), trở nên quá nóng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-overheat-en-verb-MmERM8Vl Disambiguation of 'become excessively hot': 10 89 1
  3. (economics) To grow too quickly in an uncontrolled way. Categories (topical): Economics Translations (grow too quickly): 失控增長 /失控增长 (shīkòng zēngzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), ylikuumeta (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overheater

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”). By surface analysis, over- + heat.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overheats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "overheat (plural overheats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Earl Rogers, Captain, page 245:",
          "text": "Continued operation with an overheat could lead to other serious problems, perhaps even a fire.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A condition of being overheated."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌoʊvɚˈhit/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pregrjavane",
      "sense": "condition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прегряване"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guòrè",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "過熱 /过热"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "ylikuumeneminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "ylilämpö"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overheat"
}

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