overheat
verb (used with object)
to heat to excess.
overheated
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past participleof overheat.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof overheat.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
overheatverb (used with object)to heat to excess.
Example Sentences
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Mining eventually faded, but cars on Route 66 overheated easily and often limped into town for water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
It gets a little cringey, all the ring lights and posing, but I think the fretting over influencers is overheated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The country’s overheated immune system has found new targets.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Records tumbled in overheated basins like the Atlantic and Mediterranean and also the tropical Pacific, where the strongest El Nino weather pattern in the modern era is fast accumulating strength.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
It’s almost two a.m., and I could talk to him until my body forces a shutdown on me like an overheated laptop.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
