overheat in British English · 1. to make or become excessively hot · 2. (tr; often passive). to make very agitated, irritated, etc · 3. (intransitive). (of an economy) to tend ...DictionaryGrammarBlogSchoolScrabbleThesaurusTranslatorQuizMoreResourcesMorefromCollinsEnglishChineseFrenchGermanHindiItalianPortugueseSpanishGrammarHomeEnglishEnglishUsageGrammarPatternsFrenchGermanItalianSpanishEnglishGrammarinHindiLanguageLoversLearningEnglishLearningFrenchLearningGermanLearningItalianLearningSpanishScrabbleHomeWordcheckerHelpToolsEnglishThesaurusWordListsAmericanThesaurusCollinsWordoftheDayPaulNobleMethodResourcesVideoPronunciationWordoftheYearAboutUsAdvertisewithusB2BPartnershipsCollinsCOBUILDCollinsELTContactUsDictionaryAPIHarperCollinsPublishersWordBanksEnglishFrenchSpanishMoredictionariesMoreHindiChineseGermanItalianPortugueseDefinitionof 'overheat'  WordFrequencyShare×Credits×overheat(oʊvəʳhiːt)Wordforms:3rdpersonsingularpresenttenseoverheats,presentparticipleoverheating,pasttense,pastparticipleoverheated1. verbIfsomethingoverheatsorifyouoverheatit,itbecomeshotterthanisnecessaryordesirable.Theenginewasoverheatingandthecarwasnothandlingwell.[VERB]Whydowepaytooverheatpubsandhotels?[VERBnoun]overheatedadjective...thatstuffy,overheatedapartment.2. verbIfacountry'seconomyoverheatsorifconditionsoverheatit,itgrowssorapidlythatinflationandinterestratesriseveryquickly.[business]Theprivatesectorisincreasingitsspendingsosharplythattheeconomyisoverheating.[VERB]Theirprimeconsiderationhasbeennottooverheattheeconomy.[VERBnoun]overheatedadjective...thedisastrousconsequencesofanoverheatedmarket.COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishersYoumayalsolikeEnglishQuizConfusablesLanguageLover'sBlogFrenchTranslationof'overheat'TranslateyourtextPronunciationPlaylistsWordoftheday:'tropical'HindiTranslationof'overheat'NEWfromCollins!EnglishGrammarCollinsAppsWordFrequencyoverheatinBritishEnglish(ˌəʊvəˈhiːt)verb1. tomakeorbecomeexcessivelyhot2. (tr;oftenpassive)tomakevery