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1. An electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power
    
2. An excessive burden
   - overburden

1. Become overloaded
   "The aerator overloaded"
    
2. Fill to excess so that function is impaired
   "Fear overloaded her mind";
   - clog
    
3. Place too much a load on
   "don't overload the car";
   - surcharge, overcharge, overweight

Derived forms: overloading, overloaded, overloads

Type of: burden, fill, fill up, lade [archaic], laden, load, load up, loading

Encyclopedia: Overload