overload

Etymology

From over- + load.

verb

1. (transitive) To load excessively.
2. (transitive) To provide too much power to a circuit.
3. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
4. (intransitive) To fail due to excessive load.

noun

1. An excessive load.
2. The damage done, or the outage caused, by such a load.
3. (automotive) An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
   We did haul overloads sometimes[.] 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 60
4. (computing, programming) An overloaded version of a function.
   Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class. 2005, John C Molluzzo, C++ for business programming