overload Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power
  2. noun an excessive burden
    overburden.
  3. verb become overloaded
    • The aerator overloaded
  4. verb fill to excess so that function is impaired
    clog.
    • Fear clogged her mind
    • The story was clogged with too many details
  5. verb place too much a load on
    overcharge; surcharge.
    • don't overload the car

WordNet

O`ver*load" transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Overlade.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Overloaded; present participle & verbal noun Overloading
Definitions
  1. To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.
O"ver*load` noun
Definitions
  1. An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.

Webster 1913