Overload
[əʊvə'ləʊd] or [,ovɚ'lod]
Definition
(noun.) an excessive burden.
(noun.) an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power.
(verb.) place too much a load on; 'don't overload the car'.
(verb.) become overloaded; 'The aerator overloaded'.
Typist: Melba--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.
(n.) An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.
Inputed by Armand
Definition
v.t. to load or fill overmuch.—n. an excessive load.
Checker: Shelia
Examples
- Gurth shall carry mine armour; and for the rest, rely on it, that as I will not overload Malkin's back, she shall not overcome my patience. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In this way, a circuit designed to carry a certain current is protected from the danger of an accidental overload. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The overloaded boats were making away from him for the land, and he alone was left to sink with the ship. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Readers with full stomachs, who complain of being surfeited and overloaded with the story-telling trash of our circulating libraries? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And the overloading such a house with colour and such heavy cornices! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The danger of overloading may be eliminated by inserting in the circuit a fuse or other safety device. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The overloading of wires is responsible for many disastrous fires. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Checked by Anita