overload

Plural: overloads

Noun

• an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power
• an excessive burden
• An excessive load.
• The damage done, or the outage caused, by such a load.
• An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
• An overloaded version of a function.

Verb

Verb Forms: overloaded, overloading, overloads

• To burden with an excessive amount.
• become overloaded
  • "The aerator overloaded"
• fill to excess so that function is impaired
• place too much a load on
  • "don't overload the car"
• To load excessively.
• To provide too much power to a circuit.
• To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
• To fail due to excessive load.

Examples

• He tended to overload his mental buffer trying to find the perfect seven-letter word.

Synonyms

clog, overburden, overcharge, surcharge

Related Words

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