| Noun | 1. | overload - an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power | |
| 2. | overload - an excessive burden | |
| Verb | 1. | overload - become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded" | |
| 2. | overload - fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" | |
| 3. | overload - place too much a load on; "don't overload the car" | |