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# overloaded

«overloaded» in Mova's school dictionary: **carrying more weight or things than is safe** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (overloaded); verb past form (overload → overloaded)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Overloaded means carrying more weight or things than is safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/#m1)

2) An overloaded circuit or socket has too much electricity going through it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/#m2)

3) An overloaded person has too much to do or think about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in safety (overloaded sockets, trucks, boats), in science about circuits, and about people feeling stressed. In stories it shows something about to break or a person under pressure.

### examples

- The overloaded shelf collapsed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/#x1)
- An overloaded socket can get hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/#x2)
- I feel overloaded with homework this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/#x3)
- The overloaded donkey walked slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/#x4)
- The website was overloaded and crashed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/#x5)
- The overloaded bus left people at the stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/#x6)
- My brain is overloaded! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/#x7)
- They overloaded the trolley with shopping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/#x8)

### note

Past of overload; also an adjective. Opposite: underloaded (rare); «light». In maths, «overloaded by 20 kg» means 20 kg more than the limit.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overloaded» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.