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to overheat
01
to make something too hot in a way that can cause damage or discomfort
Transitive: to overheat a device or engine
Examples
Over time, the prolonged exposure to sunlight has overheated the electronic devices.
02
to reach a temperature that is too high
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
overheat
3rd person singular
overheats
Present participle
overheating
Past simple
overheated
Past participle
overheated
Examples
The car 's engine began to overheat after being stuck in traffic for an hour.
Lexical Tree
overheat
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