overheat
Collocations
4ADJ.
careful, long, radioactive, threatening
VERB + OVERHEAT
starting
OVERHEAT + NOUN
food, steam
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
verb
To heat excessively.
'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'.
To become excessively hot.
To grow too quickly in an uncontrolled way.
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.
noun
A condition of being overheated.
Continued operation with an overheat could lead to other serious problems, perhaps even a fire.
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Example Bank
6'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'.
WiktionaryDalio 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.
WiktionaryContinued operation with an overheat could lead to other serious problems, perhaps even a fire.
WiktionaryThe engine's starting to overheat.
Tatoeba · #3736199If plants don’t get enough water, they can overheat.
Tatoeba · #6479035Reactors there are threatening to overheat and radioactive steam has already been vented into the atmosphere.
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