different between flooded vs overladen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?d?d/

Adjective

flooded (comparative more flooded, superlative most flooded)

1. Filled with water from rain or rivers.
2. Filled with too much fluid.
3. (by extension) Overwhelmed with too much of something.

Synonyms

• inundated

Antonyms

• unflooded
• uninundated

Derived terms

• flooded gum

Translations

Verb

flooded

1. simple past tense and past participle of flood

English

Etymology 1

over- +? laden

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?d?n

Adjective

overladen

1. Packed heavily, especially beyond normal capacity; overloaded.

   The tray was overladen with food.

   The trunk was overladen with clothes.

2. Burdened excessively.

   The student is overladen with homework.

   The first-time parents are overladen with new responsibility.

Synonyms

• overburdened
• overloaded
• overflowing
• overwhelmed
• brimming
• chock-full
• crammed
• crowded
• filled
• flooded
• inundated
• jammed
• jam-packed
• packed
• swamped

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?d?n

Verb

overladen

1. past participle of overlade

Dutch

Etymology 1

From over +? laden.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?o?v?r?la?d?(n)/
• Hyphenation: over?la?den

Verb

overladen

1. to load goods from one vehicle to another, to transfer goods

Inflection

Etymology 2

From over- +? laden.

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /?o?v?r?la?d?(n)/
• Hyphenation: over?la?den
• Rhymes: -a?d?n

Verb

overladen

1. to load excessively, to pile up
2. to make/ become overladen
3. (figuratively) to feature excessively

Inflection