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overlade

overlade verb: to load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload.

Verb

overlade (third-person singular simple present overlades, present participle overlading, simple past overladed, past participle overladed or overladen)

  1. (transitive) To load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload.

Forms of overlade

third-person singular presentoverlades
present participleoverlading
pastoverladed
past participleoverladed
past participleoverladen

Origin of overlade

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”).

Questions about overlade

What does overlade mean?
Overlade means to load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload.
What part of speech is overlade?
Overlade is a verb.
What is the past tense of overlade?
The past tense of overlade is overladed.

Words near overlade in the dictionary

  1. overlace
  2. overlaced
  3. overlaces
  4. overlacing
  5. overlactation
  6. overlade
  7. overladed
  8. overladen
  9. overlades
  10. overladies
  11. overlading

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