overload

verbnounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˌəʊvəˈləʊd//
Canada//ˌoʊvɚˈloʊd//
Australia//ˌəʉvəˈləʉd//
Australia//ˌɐʉvəˈlɐʉd//
New Zealand//ˈɐʉvəˌlɐʉd//

To load excessively.

verb

1
To load excessively.
2
To provide too much power to a circuit.
3
To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
4
To fail due to excessive load.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English load English overload From over- + load.

noun

1
An excessive load.
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.
We did haul overloads sometimes[.]
4
An overloaded version of a function.
Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.

Forms

plural: overloads
past tense: overloaded
past participle: overloaded
present participle: overloading
third person singular: overloads

overhead · Located above, especially over the head.overhear · To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.overlapping · That overlaps something else

overload · To load excessively.

overlook · A vista or point that gives a view down toward something else.overlooked · Missed, unnoticed.overly · To an excessive degree.

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