overload

verb (used with object)

1. to load to excess; overburden: Don’t overload the raft or it will sink.

noun

2. an excessive load.

verb (ˌəʊvəˈləʊd)

1. (tr) to put too large a load on or in

noun (ˈəʊvəˌləʊd)

2. an excessive load

v.1550s, “to place too great a burden on,” from over- + load (v.). Intransitive sense from 1961. Related: Overloaded; overloading. The noun is attested from 1640s; of electrical current, from 1904. Middle English had overlade (v.) in this sense.