échauffer — meaning in English

English meaning

• heat noun The energy or sensation of high temperature; warmth.
• overheat verb To heat something, or for something, well past a safe or normal level.
• warm adj Having a moderately high, usually pleasant, temperature.

Senses

échauffer is used for these senses in English:

• heat (transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
• warm (transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
• warm up (transitive) To make (an audience) enthusiastic or animated before a show.

heat — full definition

1. noun The energy or sensation of high temperature; warmth.
2. noun Strong or intense emotion, especially anger or excitement.
3. noun A qualifying round in a race or competition.
4. noun Informal: intense pressure or scrutiny, especially from police or authorities.
5. verb To make something hot or warm.

overheat — full definition

1. verb To heat something, or for something, well past a safe or normal level.
2. verb Of an economy, to expand faster than it can sustainably handle.

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