overload : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: overload	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for overload
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overload n an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power an excessive burden Synonym(s): overload, overburden v become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded" fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details" Synonym(s): clog, overload place too much a load on; "don't overload the car" Synonym(s): overload, surcharge, overcharge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overload \O`ver*load"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overloaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overloading}.] [Cf. {Overlade}.] To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overload \O"ver*load`\, n. An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.