overheat

To overheat is to get too hot.

(verb)

An example of to overheat is to run on a hot day without drinking enough water.

See overheat in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make or become too hot

See overheat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb o·ver·heat·ed, o·ver·heat·ing, o·ver·heats

verb, transitive

verb, intransitive

To become too hot or very excited.

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