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Definition of Overheated
1. Adjective. Heated beyond a safe or desirable point. "Overheated metal"
Definition of Overheated
1. Verb. (past of overheat) ¹
2. Adjective. Excessively heated ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overheated
1. overheat [v] - See also: overheat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overheated
Literary usage of Overheated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Autogenous Welding and Cutting by Theodore Kautny, James Forbes Whiteford (1915)
"overheated Acetylene. — overheated acetylene therefore is a gas which by means
of the heat resulting from the decomposition of the carbide, is partially ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
"Had he known that these young people were destined so to outdo him, the late
Elagabalus would have died a disappointed man. Into this overheated atmosphere ..."
3. The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting by Elisha Jarrett Lewis, George G. White (1863)
"... wet feet before the blazing fire, but off with those uncomfortable appendages
to your lower extremities, and replace them with dry ones. overheated. ..."
4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1813)
"... portion of the confined air had to receive the heat, the neighbourhood of an
overheated ... overheated ..."
5. Tool-steel: A Concise Handbook on Tool-steel in General, Its Treatment in by Otto Thallner, William Theodore Brannt (1902)
"If in forging tool-steel has been partially overheated, ... Tools which have been
overheated in hardening are .allowed slowly to become cold, ..."
6. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"... more than to reform ? but I perceive in it also that overheated patriotism
which is angry because everything does not turn out according to its wishes, ..."
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