overheat

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/
• (Received Pronunciation) 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.
3. (economics) To grow too quickly in an uncontrolled way.
   • 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Dalio said that the Chinese economy was in danger of overheating, and somebody asked how a Chinese slowdown would affect the price of oil and other commodities.

Derived terms

• overheater

Translations

to heat excessively

• Belarusian: пераграва́ць impf (pjerahravácʹ), перагрэ́ць pf (pjerahrécʹ)
• Bulgarian: прегрявам (bg) (pregrjavam)
• Finnish: ylikuumentaa, ylilämmittää
• French: surchauffer (fr)
• Georgian: გადახურება (gadaxureba), გადაცხელება (gadacxeleba)
• German: überhitzen (de)
• Hungarian: túlfűt (hu), túlhevít (hu)
• Old English: forhǣtan
• Polish: przegrzewać impf, przegrzać (pl) pf
• Portuguese: sobreaquecer
• Russian: перегрева́ть (ru) impf (peregrevátʹ), перегре́ть (ru) pf (peregrétʹ)
• Spanish: sobrecalentar (es), recalentar (es)
• Swedish: överhetta
• Ukrainian: перегріва́ти impf (perehriváty), перегрі́ти pf (perehríty)

to become excessively hot

• Belarusian: пераграва́цца impf (pjerahravácca), перагрэ́цца pf (pjerahrécca)
• Bulgarian: прегрявам се (pregrjavam se)
• Catalan: sobreescalfar (ca)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: ylikuumeta, ylikuumentua (fi)
• German: überhitzen (de)
• Hungarian: túlmelegszik, túlhevül (hu)
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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)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: перегріва́тися impf (perehrivátysja), перегрі́тися pf (perehrítysja)
• Vietnamese: trở nên quá nóng

overheat — see burn

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Translations to be checked

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

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

• Bulgarian: прегряване n (pregrjavane)
• Finnish: ylikuumeneminen, ylilämpö

Anagrams

• overhate