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US
/ˈoʊvɝˌhit/
]
[ UK /ˌəʊvəhˈiːt/ ]
[ UK /ˌəʊvəhˈiːt/ ]
VERB
-
get excessively and undesirably hot
The car engines overheated -
make excessively or undesirably hot
The room was overheated
How To Use overheat In A Sentence
- You didn't mention what fumes were given off by the overheated coating, but I was told at the time that it was similar to mustard gas.
- If you have browns or reds in your furniture, select cooler beige with ashy tones to avoid ‘overheating’ your room.
- It overheated, it clunked, it smoked, stuttered, spluttered and on more than one occasion - blew up.
- The engine was overheating and the car was not handling well.
- The engine can even be inutile in an instant if it overheats and all other auto parts under the hood can also be damaged.
- The company identified 25 property postcodes that have ‘overheated’ in the past few years and now faced a ten per cent drop.
- Asean finance ministers vow to avoid overheating, but remain mute on yuan ASEAN finance ministers have vowed to co-ordinate policies to avoid economic overheating in the fast-growing region, following a semi-annual gathering dominated political tension in Thailand and the avoidance of any criticism of China's currency management. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
- We continue to believe that interest rates will head higher as a desperately overheated economy fuels unprecedented borrowing demands.
- If the car stops because it overheats at the slow speeds, does the driver go to the rear of the grid on Sunday?
- Our firm has been researching a potential class action case against Dell, Inc. regarding an alleged defect resulting in overheating of laptop computers during normal use. Dear Mr. Dell « BuzzMachine