About The Word Overload

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Overload

Overload Meaning & Definition
Overload Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Overload?

[n] an excessive burden
[n] an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power
[v] fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
[v] place too much a load on
[v] become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Overload: clog | overburden | overcharge | surcharge

Related Terms | Find terms related to Overload: adorn | bale | bear hard upon | burden | burdening | burthen | cargo | charge | charging | choke | congest | congestion | convolute | cram | crowd | cumber | cumbrance | deadweight | decorate | drag | drench | elaborate | embellish | embroider | encumber | encumbrance | engorgement | enrich | festoon | flourish | freight | gild | glut | gluttonize | go hard with | go ill with | gorge | hamper | handicap | hindrance | hyperemia | impede | impediment | incubus | incumbency | involve | jam | jam-pack | lade | lading | lie on | load | load with ornament | loading | millstone | oppress | oppression | ornament | overbrimming | overburden | overcharge | overfeed | overfill | overflow | overfreight | overfullness | overlade | overlay | overspill | overstuff | overtax | overtaxing | overweigh | overweight | overweighting | pack | plethora | press hard upon | pressure | repletion | rest hard upon | saddle | saddle with | saddling | satiate | satiety | saturate | saturation | soak | strain | stuff | supercharge | superincumbency | supersaturate | supersaturation | surcharge | surfeit | tax | taxing | trick out | try one | varnish | weigh down | weigh heavy on | weigh on | weigh upon

See Also | burden | fill | fill up | load | load | loading | make full

Overload In Webster's Dictionary

\O`ver*load"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overloaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overloading}.] [Cf. {Overlade}.] To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.
\O"ver*load`\, n. An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.

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