Meanings
verbover-heat (third-person singular simple present over-heats, present participle over-heating, simple past over-heat or over-heated, past participle over-heated)
present singular third person over-heats · participle present over-heating · past over-heated · participle past over-heated
- alternativeAlternative form of overheat.
The problem was that the batteries only lasted for a few hours. If they were left on for longer they tended to over-heat and, eventually, to blow up, which is reportedly what happened when the diplomat forgot to turn off his calculator.
2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “over-heat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-heat.
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