Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
load with too great acargo or otherburden ;overburden ;overload .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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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Examples
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"Men," he says, "may overlade a ship or barge, and therefore I will skip at once to the effect, and let all the rest slip."
Chaucer Adolphus William Ward 1880
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Kulturgrupper er forskellige, så hvordan kan de alle sammen være nået til den samme konklusion: at kvinder ikke må være kreative fornyere, skal holdes derhjemme og overlade ansvaret for kulturens udvikling til mænden.
Blogbot - forsiden 2010
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Co. Uk "overlade, in terms of design open to suggestions, anything involving, GPS, Maps, Celebrity etc.
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