overlade

transitive verb

over·​lade ¦ō-vər-¦lād 

: to load with too great a cargo or burden : overload

overladen with detail and digression

—H. S. Bennett

overladen

¦ō-vər-¦lā-dᵊn 

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

Word History

Etymology

Middle English overladen, from over entry 1 + laden to load

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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