What does overheat mean?
Overheat means (transitive) To heat excessively..
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/ˌoʊvɚˈhit/ · verb
(transitive) To heat excessively..
'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.
Use overheat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overheat means (transitive) To heat excessively..
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'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'.
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