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# overheat

«overheat» in Mova's school dictionary: **to become too hot** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (overheat, overheats, overheated, overheating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To overheat is to become too hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overheat/#m1)

2) To overheat something is to make it too hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overheat/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons phones, chargers, adaptors and laptops can overheat and catch fire, so do not leave them charging on a bed or cover them. In health lessons people and pets can overheat in hot weather — drink water, find shade, never leave a dog in a hot car. In science engines overheat if they lack cooling water. Phrases: overheat in the sun, overheating engine, the room is overheated.

### examples

- Don't let your laptop overheat on the bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overheat/#x1)
- The car engine overheated on the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overheat/#x2)
- Dogs can overheat in hot cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overheat/#x3)
- Drink water so your body does not overheat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overheat/#x4)
- The phone overheated and switched off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overheat/#x5)
- Don't overheat the milk — it will burn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overheat/#x6)

### note

Regular verb (overheated). «Over-» means too much: overheat, overeat, overfill. Signs a person is overheating: very hot skin, headache, dizziness — move to the shade, drink water, tell an adult.

### In the corpora

- [Fumes from overheated non-stick pans can kill birds quickly, so birds are kept out of the kitchen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/10/)
- [Small animals in cages can overheat and die quickly, so cages and hutches are kept in the shade.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/18/)
- [Phones and tablets charging under pillows or blankets can overheat and start a fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/17/)
- [Small animals in cages and hutches can overheat and die quickly in the sun, so their homes are kept in the shade.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility/14/)
- [Cages and hutches must be kept in the shade, because small animals can overheat and die quickly in the sun.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overheat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overheat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.