overload, overburden
(noun) an excessive burden
overload
(noun) an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power
clog, overload
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
overload, surcharge, overcharge
(verb) place too much a load on; “don’t overload the car”
overload
(verb) become overloaded; “The aerator overloaded”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
overload (third-person singular simple present overloads, present participle overloading, simple past and past participle overloaded)
(transitive) to load excessively
(transitive) to provide too much power to a circuit
(transitive, object-oriented) to create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts
(intransitive) to fail due to excessive load
overload (plural overloads)
An excessive load.
The damage done, or the outage caused by such a load.
(computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*load", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overloaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Overloading.] Etym: [Cf. Overlade.]
Definition: To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.
O"ver*load`, n.
Definition: An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
