overheat

/ˈoʊvərˌhit/
/əʊvəˈhit/
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Other forms: overheated; overheating; overheats

Definitions of overheat
  1. verb
    get excessively and undesirably hot
    “The car engines overheated”
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    type of:
    heat, heat up, hot up
    gain heat or get hot
  2. verb
    make excessively or undesirably hot
    “The room was overheated”
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    type of:
    heat, heat up
    make hot or hotter
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