Definition of "overheat"

overheat

/ˌoʊvɚˈhit/

verb
third-person singular simple present overheats, present participle overheating, simple past and past participle overheated
1. (transitive) To heat excessively.
  Quotations
  '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'.
  1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 131
2. (intransitive) To become excessively hot.
3. (economics) To grow too quickly in an uncontrolled way.
  Quotations
  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.
  2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker‎
noun
plural overheats
1. A condition of being overheated.
  Quotations
  Continued operation with an overheat could lead to other serious problems, perhaps even a fire.
  2002, Earl Rogers, Captain, page 245