English Explanatory Dictionary

overlade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload.

Word forms

overlade overlades overlading overladed overladen

Etymology

From Middle English overladen, equivalent to over- + lade. Cognate with Dutch overladen (“to overlade, overload”), German überladen (“to overload, overburden”), Swedish överladda (“to overload, overcharge”).

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