surchauffer — meaning in English

English meaning

• burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
• overheat verb To heat something, or for something, well past a safe or normal level.

Senses

surchauffer is used for these senses in English:

• burn (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
• burn (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
• overheat (transitive) To heat excessively.

burn — full definition

1. noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
2. noun A sharp, cutting insult, especially one delivered wittily.
3. verb To be damaged, destroyed, or consumed by fire.
4. verb To injure with heat, fire, or a caustic substance.
5. verb To copy data onto a CD, DVD, or similar disc.

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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