overload
/ˌoʊvɚˈloʊd/ verb C1- 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.
He/she/it overloads · Past overloaded · Past participle overloaded · -ing form overloading
Verb forms
- Base form
- overload
- He/she/it
- overloads
- Past
- overloaded
- Past participle
- overloaded
- -ing form
- overloading
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“To me she seems overloaded,” observed Eugénie; “she would look far better if she wore fewer, and we should then be able to see her finely formed throat and wrists.”
They packed their meager remaining possessions into heavily overloaded automobiles and initiated an arduous migration westward toward the promise of California.
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