different between overfire vs overtire

English

Etymology

From over- (prefix meaning ‘above, higher; excessively’) +? fire.

Pronunciation

• Adjective:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???v?fa??/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?v??fa?(?)?/
• Verb:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???v??fa??/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?v??fa?(?)?/
• Rhymes: -a??
• Hyphenation: over?fire

Adjective

overfire (not comparable)

1. Of a boiler, furnace, or other heating device: relating to components or other things that are located above the fire.

Alternative forms

• over-fire

Translations

Verb

overfire (third-person singular simple present overfires, present participle overfiring, simple past and past participle overfired)

1. (transitive) To create too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, etc.
2. (transitive, ceramics) To fire at a high (or excessively high) temperature.

   Antonym: underfire
3. (transitive, physiology) Of a cell or group of cells: to fire excessively.

   Antonym: underfire

Alternative forms

• over-fire

Derived terms

• overfired (adjective)

Translations

References

Anagrams

• overrife

English

Etymology

over- +? tire

Verb

overtire (third-person singular simple present overtires, present participle overtiring, simple past and past participle overtired)

1. (transitive) To tire excessively.
2. (intransitive) To become excessively tired.