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Dictionary: o·ver·heat   (ō'vər-hēt') pronunciation


v., -heat·ed, -heat·ing, -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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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: get excessively and undesirably hot

Meaning #2: make excessively or undesirably hot


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overophede, løbe varm
v. intr. - overophede, løbe varm

Nederlands (Dutch)
oververhitten

Français (French)
v. tr. - surchauffer
v. intr. - chauffer (une voiture, un équipement), avoir trop chaud, être en surchauffe (une économie)

Deutsch (German)
v. - (sich) überhitzen, heißlaufen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υπερθερμαίνω/-ομαι, παραενθουσιάζω, υπερερεθίζω

Italiano (Italian)
surriscaldare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - superaquecer

Русский (Russian)
перегреть

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - recalentar, calentar demasiado, acalorar
v. intr. - recalentar, calentar demasiado, acalorar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - överhetta

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使过热, 变得过热

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使過熱
v. intr. - 變得過熱

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 과열하다, 지나치게 흥분 시키다
v. intr. - 과열하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 過熱, 過度の興奮, オーバーヒート
v. - 過熱する, ひどく興奮させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسخن بإفراط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חימם יותר מדי, גרם לאינפלציה ע"י הפעלת לחץ על משאבים בזמן של ביקוש מתרחב, התרגש למעלה מהמידה בעניין מסוים‬
v. intr. - ‮התחמם יותר מדי, סבל מאינפלציה‬


 
 
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