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OVERHEATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overheated mean?
• OVERHEATED (adjective)
The adjective OVERHEATED has 1 sense:
1. heated beyond a safe or desirable point
Familiarity information: OVERHEATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heated beyond a safe or desirable point
Context example:
overheated metal
Similar:
hot (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)
Context examples
There may also be itching, especially when overheated.
(Pityriasis Rosea, NCI Thesaurus)
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