Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overheat

2 senses of overheat

Sense 1
overheat -- (get excessively and undesirably hot; "The car engines overheated")
       => heat, hot up, heat up -- (gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly")

Sense 2
overheat -- (make excessively or undesirably hot; "The room was overheated")
       => heat, heat up -- (make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove")