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overload Verb 1. to put too large a load on or in (something): the aircraft was dangerously overloaded 2. to cause (a transport system) to be unable to function properly because too many people or vehicles are using it: Heathrow Airport was already overloaded by 1972 3. to try to put more electricity through a system than the system can cope with Noun an excessive load
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Translationsoverload [əuvəˈləud] vt [+ vehicle] → überladen; (Elec) → überbelasten (fig) (with work etc) → überlasten overload v overload [əuvəˈloud] to fill with too much of something The lorry overturned because it had been overloaded.oorlaai, te swaar laaiيُحَمِّل فَوْقَ طاقَتِهпретоварванеpřetížitoverlæsseüberladenυπερφορτώνωsobrecargarüle koormamaبیش از ظرفیت پر کردنylikuormittaasurchargerעוֹמֶס יֶתֶרबहुत लादना या भरनाprenatrpatitúlterhelmengisi terlalu banyakofhlaðasovraccaricare積み過ぎる짐을 너무 많이 싣다perkrautipārslogotmenyaratkanoverbelastenoverlesse, laste for tungtprzeładowaćsobrecarregadoa supraîncărcaперегружатьpreťažiťpreobremenitipreopteretitiöverlasta, överbelastaบรรทุกเกินพิกัดçok fazla yük yüklemek超載перевантажувати, переобтяжуватиزيادہ وزن لاد ديناquá tải超载 |
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They put a stock of candle-ends into the lantern, hung the latter to the off-side of the load, and directed the horse onward, walking at his shoulder at first during the uphill parts of the way, in order not to overload an animal of so little vigour. Sevenpence-halfpenny's worth per week is a good round diet for a child; a great deal may be got for sevenpence-halfpenny, quite enough to overload its stomach, and make it uncomfortable. His note-books impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents; and it may be a question whether machinery does not encumber; whether we have not lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms some vigor of wild virtue. |
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