overload — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To load excessively.

   Usage

   • Transitive

2. To provide too much power to a circuit.

   Usage

   • Transitive

3. To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.

   Usage

   • Transitive

4. To fail due to excessive load.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

Noun

1. An excessive load.

   Examples

   If this last verbal overload has proven anything, it is that Rocko's Modern Life played better than it reads.

2. The damage done, or the outage caused, by such a load.

3. An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.

   Examples

   We did haul overloads sometimes[.]

4. An overloaded version of a function.

   Examples

   Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.

Noun

1. an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power

   Broader terms

   loadloadingburden

2. an excessive burden

   Synonyms

   overburden

   Broader terms

   loadloadingburden

Verb

1. become overloaded

   Broader terms

   changealtervary

   Examples

   The aerator overloaded

2. fill to excess so that function is impaired

   Synonyms

   clog

   Broader terms

   fillfill upmake full

   Examples

   Fear clogged her mind

   The story was clogged with too many details

3. place too much a load on

   Synonyms

   surchargeovercharge

   Broader terms

   loadladeladenload up

   Examples

   don't overload the car