Definitions
get excessively and undesirably hot
Word origin
From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”). By surface analysis, over- + heat.
Used in a sentence
“'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'.”
“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.”
“Continued operation with an overheat could lead to other serious problems, perhaps even a fire.”
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01“Get too hot”8 letters
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