English verb: overheat | |||
1. | overheat (change) get excessively and undesirably hot | ||
Samples | The car engines overheated. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | heat, heat up, hot up | ||
2. | overheat (change) make excessively or undesirably hot | ||
Samples | The room was overheated. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | heat, heat up | ||
Cause | overheat | ||