(~ed)
1.
If you ~ something such as a vehicle, you put more things or people into it than it was designed to carry.
Don’t ~ the boat or it will sink...
Large meals ~ the digestive system.
VERB: V n, V n
~ed
Some trains were so ~ed that their suspension collapsed.
ADJ
2.
To ~ someone with work, problems, or information means to give them more work, problems, or information than they can cope with.
...an effective method that will not ~ staff with yet more paperwork.
VERB: V n with n
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Overload is also a noun.
57 per cent complained of work ~...
The greatest danger is that we simply create information ~ for our executives.
N-UNCOUNT: usu supp N
~ed
The bar waiter was already ~ed with orders.
ADJ
3.
If you ~ an electrical system, you cause too much electricity to flow through it, and so damage it.
Never ~ an electrical socket.
VERB: V n