overlade
transitive verb
over·lade
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Definition of overlade
: to load with too great a cargo or burden : overload
overladen with detail and digression— H. S. Bennett
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overladen
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adjective
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adjective
an overladen table
On Indiana's 8,000 acres of tomato fields, plants are so overladen with ripe tomatoes that mechanical harvesters must run at half speed.
— Jeff Swiatek, The Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana), 6 Oct. 2014
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“Overlade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overlade. Accessed 15 Oct. 2021.
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