overlade

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verb

To load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload.

OriginMiddle English overladen →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person overlades · participle present overlading · past overladed · participle past overladed · participle past overladen

  1. transitiveTo load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishoverladen
  2. Englishoverlade

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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APA

overlade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlade

MLA

“overlade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlade. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overlade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlade.

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