(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If something ~s or if you ~ it, it becomes hotter than is necessary or desirable.
The engine was ~ing and the car was not handling well...
Why do we pay to ~ pubs and hotels?
VERB: V, V n
~ed
...that stuffy, ~ed apartment.
ADJ
2.
If a country’s economy ~s or if conditions ~ it, it grows so rapidly that inflation and interest rates rise very quickly. (BUSINESS)
The private sector is increasing its spending so sharply that the economy is ~ing...
Their prime consideration has been not to ~ the economy.
VERB: V, V n
~ed
...the disastrous consequences of an ~ed market.
ADJ