overheat

Everyday

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

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.