overheat

o·ver·heat  (vr-ht)

v. o·ver·heat·ed, o·ver·heat·ing, o·ver·heats

v.tr.

1. To heat too much.

2. To cause to become excited, agitated, or overstimulated.

v.intr.

To become too hot or very excited.

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overheat [ˌəʊvəˈhiːt]

vb

1. to make or become excessively hot

2. (tr; often passive) to make very agitated, irritated, etc.

3. (Economics) (intr) (of an economy) to tend towards inflation, often as a result of excessive growth in demand

4. (Economics) (tr) to cause (an economy) to tend towards inflation

n

the condition of being overheated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	overheat - get excessively and undesirably hot; "The car engines overheated" heat up, hot up, heat - gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly"
	2.	overheat - make excessively or undesirably hot; "The room was overheated" heat, heat up - make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"

Translations

overheat [ˌəʊvəˈhiːt]

A. VT

1. (lit) → recalentar, sobrecalentar
to get overheated → recalentarse

2. (Econ, fig) → sobrecalentar

B. VI → recalentarse

overheat [ˌəʊvə^rˈhiːt] vi

[economy] → être en surchauffe

[engine] → chauffer

overheat [ˌəʊvəˈhiːt]

1. vi (engine, brakes) → surriscaldarsi

2. vt → surriscaldare