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To load with too great a burden or cargo
“Try not to overload your vehicle with too much wine, however great the temptation.”
To give excessive work or responsibility to
“Don't overload your staff. Delegating makes your job easier because you share your workload, but it must be managed carefully.”
To inundate with a great quantity of something
“We overload the system with directions it cannot understand, and tasks it cannot perform.”
To overwhelm with an excessive amount of something
To impede the work or progress of
To work (oneself) overly hard
To load or burden with a heavy weight, literally or figuratively
To fill something to overflowing, especially with force
To increase the power of, or to, something
To express or describe in exaggerated terms
(of a feeling) To completely preoccupy the mind of (someone)
Plural for an excessive amount of something
“We must prevent an overload of information that potentially has value but is unusable in its current format.”
(idiomatic) Plural for a small addition to a burden which causes a situation to become unbearable
Plural for that which is discerned through one's senses
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