Definitions for overheat
over·heat

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. overheatverb

   get excessively and undesirably hot

   "The car engines overheated"

2. overheatverb

   make excessively or undesirably hot

   "The room was overheated"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. overheatverb

   To heat excessively

2. overheatverb

   To become excessively hot

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1. overheat

   Overheat is a term used to describe a situation where a device, machine, or system becomes excessively hot, usually due to prolonged or intense operation. This excessive heat can potentially lead to damage or failure of the device, machine, or system. It can also refer to becoming too hot from exertion or high temperature.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Overheat

   ō-vėr-hēt′, v.t. to heat to excess.—n. O′verheat, extreme heat.

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1. overheatverb

   To make (food) for a long time or for too much; overcook.

   I accidentally overheated the pizza.

   
   

   Submitted by zakaria1409 on June 29, 2022  

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1. overhate

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of overheat in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of overheat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of overheat in a Sentence

1. David Kelly:

   The danger with one-party government going into 2021 is we'd potentially overheat the economy, it's very easy to hit the accelerator( on stimulus). But the question is whether the car would have any brakes.

2. Janet Yellen:

   It may be that interest rates will have to rise somewhat to make sure that our economy doesn’t overheat, even though the additional spending is relatively small relative to the size of the economy, it could cause some very modest increases in interest rates to get that reallocation, but these are investments our economy needs to be competitive and to be productive (and) I think that our economy will grow faster because of them.

3. Richard Clarida:

   Our baseline is that we don’t overheat.

4. Janet Yellen:

   It may be that interest rates will have to rise somewhat to make sure that our economy doesn't overheat.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=overheat
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Overheat
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=overheat