overheat
To heat excessivelyTo heat excessively.
» The engine is overheating.
Der Motor überhitzt.
Двигатель перегревается.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To heat excessively.
überhitzen
перегрева́тьperegrevátʹ, перегре́тьperegrétʹ
перегріва́тиperehriváty, перегрі́тиperehríty
get excessively and undesirably hot
(intransitive)To become excessively hot.
überhitzen
перегрева́тьсяperegrevátʹsja, перегре́тьсяperegrétʹsja
перегріва́тисяperehrivátysja, перегрі́тисяperehrítysja
make excessively or undesirably hot
To grow too quickly in an uncontrolled way.
Examples
29 sentencesThe engine is overheating.
ruДвигатель перегревается. — marafon
deDer Motor überhitzt. — Luiaard
The engine's starting to overheat.
ruДвигатель начинает перегреваться. — odexed
I feel overheated.
Tom keeps overheating on the trail.
The adaptor overheated and stopped functioning.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”),From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”). By surface analysis, over- + heat.
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Forms
overheats, overheating, overheated, overheated| Base form | overheat · to overheat |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | overheats |
| Present participle | overheating |
| Past simple | overheated |
| Past participle | overheated |
regular · Lesson
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle