Overheat is an English word with synonyms like heat. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Overheat meaning
- To heat excessively.
- To become excessively hot.
- To grow too quickly in an uncontrolled way.
Synonyms of Overheat
Using Overheat
- The main meaning on this page is: To heat excessively. | To become excessively hot. | To grow too quickly in an uncontrolled way.
- Useful related words include: heat, heat up, hot up.
- In the example corpus, overheat often appears in combinations such as: to overheat, overheat and, can overheat.
Context around Overheat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 13 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overheat
- In this selection, "overheat" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, components, car, quickly, easily, burn and burst stand out and add context to how "overheat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include batteries can overheat which leads and can quickly overheat in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overheat" sits close to words such as aas, abdicated and abled, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overheat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Even the most demanding games won’t overheat your G15! (10 words)
It means it won’t overheat and performance won’t be compromised. (12 words)
Small Business Focus: La Coop Coffee With warmer weather ahead, don’t let your car overheat! (16 words)
Using a hairdryer on a low setting to apply heat to specific tight areas in the boots can help soften the material and allow it to stretch more easily, but be careful not to overheat or damage the boots. (39 words)
Seriously, try to use any recent-ish iPhone outdoors for any length of time somewhere with brutally hot summers (like most of the southern states) and it will overheat to the point where it starts dimming the display. (38 words)
Hello Darius, pets can quickly overheat in the sun and are at risk of developing heatstroke, so it’s important to keep them indoors or in some shade during the hottest parts of the day. (35 words)
Small Business Focus: La Coop Coffee With warmer weather ahead, don’t let your car overheat! (16 words)
Even the most demanding games won’t overheat your G15! (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
A laptop with the best graphics card, SSD and processor may have the specs to blow your mind, but it could all underperform if the components overheat easily and don't have proper airflow.
An EV sitting in a queue of traffic on a hot day in the UK is not going to overheat, burn or stop working.
Check the list below and compare to your own device to see if your air fryer is one of those liable to overheat.
If parents co-sleep they should keep pillows and adult bedding away from the baby plus any other items that could cover their head or cause them to overheat.
It means it won’t overheat and performance won’t be compromised.
It’s a reliable pick that should accommodate side sleepers and those who tend to overheat at night.
Operating a fan at a higher speed for an extended period increases the amp draw on the motor, causing it to overheat.
Seriously, try to use any recent-ish iPhone outdoors for any length of time somewhere with brutally hot summers (like most of the southern states) and it will overheat to the point where it starts dimming the display.
Small Business Focus: La Coop Coffee With warmer weather ahead, don’t let your car overheat!
These batteries can overheat, which leads to a reaction called and requires thousands of gallons of water, according to Boger.
This can happen any time of year, but the hotter it is, the more likely your laptop or even desktop can overheat.
This undeclared policy led the PM and her Chancellor to fall out, as the ‘Lawson boom’ caused the economy to overheat.
Using a hairdryer on a low setting to apply heat to specific tight areas in the boots can help soften the material and allow it to stretch more easily, but be careful not to overheat or damage the boots.
Without a fan to cool it down, your laptop may start to overheat and eventually shut down unexpectedly.
Even the most demanding games won’t overheat your G15!
Hello Darius, pets can quickly overheat in the sun and are at risk of developing heatstroke, so it’s important to keep them indoors or in some shade during the hottest parts of the day.
Hi Deborah, when choosing a muzzle, it’s important to make sure of a few things – it needs to allow excellent airflow so Bella doesn’t overheat.
If the cooling pond water evaporates, fuel rods can rapidly overheat, burst into flame and scatter massive clouds of radioactive gases and particulates into the surrounding air, soil and waterways.
The fully machine washable blanket comes with three temperature settings, overheat protection and a fast heat-up mode.
Though it's rare, phones can overheat and cause fires, especially if they're under pillows or blankets.
Common combinations with overheat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to overheat 22×
- overheat and 9×
- can overheat 5×
- won overheat 3×
- will overheat 3×
- overheat from 3×
- overheat the 3×
- components overheat 2×
- overheat at 2×
- overheat or 2×