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 →

2) To overheat something is to make it too hot. tree →

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 →
• The car engine overheated on the hill. tree →
• Dogs can overheat in hot cars. tree →
• Drink water so your body does not overheat. tree →
• The phone overheated and switched off. tree →
• Don't overheat the milk — it will burn. tree →

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.
• Small animals in cages can overheat and die quickly, so cages and hutches are kept in the shade.
• Phones and tablets charging under pillows or blankets can overheat and start a fire.
• Small animals in cages and hutches can overheat and die quickly in the sun, so their homes are kept in the shade.
• Cages and hutches must be kept in the shade, because small animals can overheat and die quickly in the sun.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overheat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.