"overload" meaning in English

See overload in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əʊvəˈləʊd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-overload.wav [US] Forms: overload [canonical], overloads [third-person, singular], overloaded [past], overloaded [past, participle], overloading [present, participle]
Etymology: over- + load Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|over|load}} over- + load Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To load many items in something that it exceeds the limit.
    Sense id: simple-overload-en-verb-sC92MjtE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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