What does over-heat mean?

over-heat

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

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"The problem was that the batteries only lasted for a few hours. If they were left on for longer they tended to over-heat and, eventually, to blow up, which is reportedly what happened when the diplomat forgot to turn off his calculator."

over-heats (present, singular) over-heating (participle, present) over-heated (past) over-heated (participle, past)

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