overheating

UK: /ˌəʊvəˈhiːtɪŋ/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

o•ver•heat /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/  v. 

1. to (cause to) become too hot or be heated too much: [~ + object]
   Driving in the desert can rapidly overheat any car's engine.
   [no object]
   The car overheated before we went five miles.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

o•ver•heat  (ō′vər hēt′), v.t. 

1. to heat to excess.
2. to excite or agitate;
   make vehement:
   a crowd overheated by rabble-rousers.

v.i. 

3. to become overheated:
   a stove that overheats alarmingly; a temper that overheats with little provocation.

n. 

4. the state or condition of being overheated;
   excessive heat, agitation, or vehemence.

• Middle English overheten. See over-, heat 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

overheat / ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/ verb

1. to make or become excessively hot
2. (tr; often passive) to make very agitated, irritated, etc
3. (intransitive) (of an economy) to tend towards inflation, often as a result of excessive growth in demand
4. (transitive) to cause (an economy) to tend towards inflation

noun

1. the condition of being overheated