overheat
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verb \-ˈhēt\Definition of OVERHEAT
transitive verb
1
: to heat to excess
2
: to stimulate or agitate unduly
intransitive verb
: to become heated beyond a safe or desirable point
See Examples of OVERHEAT
- I overheated the food in the microwave.
- Be careful not to overheat the engine.
First Known Use of OVERHEAT
14th century
Rhymes with OVERHEAT
aquavit, at one's feet, balance sheet, biathlete, bittersweet, booster seat, bucket seat, catbird seat, cellulite, cookie sheet, corps d'elite, countryseat, county seat, crystal pleat, decathlete, drag one's feet, driver's seat, easy street, exegete, incomplete, indiscreet, latent heat, letter sheet, lorikeet, make ends meet, marguerite, Masorete, meadowsweet, meet and greet, miss a beat, Nayarit, obsolete, off one's feet, on one's feet, on the street, overeat, Paraclete, parakeet, pentathlete, prickly heat, rumble seat, saddle seat, scandal sheet, self-conceit, semisweet, shredded wheat, sliding seat, spirochete, superheat, to one's feet, triathlete, trick or treat, two-way street, undertreat, up one's street, winding-sheet, window seat
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