EGAVE

overload

About 2.59 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To load excessively.
  2. verb To provide too much power to a circuit.
  3. verb To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
  4. verb To fail due to excessive load.
  5. noun An excessive load.
  6. noun The damage done, or the outage caused, by such a load.
  7. noun An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
  8. noun An overloaded version of a function.

Similar words

overburden overcharge surcharge clog overstretch overwork overuse oversupply glut excess

Often followed by

the and of is in protection or on relay

Word family

information overload over-load over-loaded over-loading over-loads overloaded overloading overloads sensory overload

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