1. overfire - Adjective
2. overfire - Verb
overfire (not comparable)
Of a boiler, furnace, or other heating device: relating to components or other things that are located above the fire.
(transitive) To create too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, firebox, etc.
Synonym: overstoke
(transitive, ceramics) To fire at a high (or excessively high) temperature.
Antonym: underfire
(transitive, physiology) Of a cell or group of cells: to fire excessively.
Antonym: underfire