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# overloaded

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

«overloaded» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Overloaded means carrying more weight or things than is safe. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/#m3)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «overloaded» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overloaded/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«overloaded» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/overloaded.html) on Mova free.