Definition
To load or burden excessively, as if putting too much cargo weight on a ship.
Etymology
From 'be-' plus 'last' (the old form of 'lading' or cargo loading). The nautical sense comes from ballast, the weight placed in ships' holds, combined with the intensive prefix to mean over-burdening.
Kelly Says
Sailors used 'belast' to describe the dangerous practice of overloading a ship—knowledge that could mean the difference between profit and drowning! It's a word born from real maritime danger.
Translations
CACatalà
sobrecàrrega
so-bre-kar-rega
CSČeština
zatížení
za-ti-zhen-ie
DADansk
belastning
belas-ning
DEDeutsch
Belastung
be-la-stʊŋ
ELΕλληνικά
φόρτιση
for-ti-si
FISuomi
kuormitus
kuor-mi-tus
HUMagyar
terhelés
ter-hel-es
IDBahasa Indonesia
beban
be-ban
ITItaliano
carico
ka-ree-koh
KMKM
ទំនាក់ទំនង
tum-nak-tum-nang
MSBahasa Melayu
beban
be-ban
NLNederlands
belasting
be-las-ting
NONorsk
belastning
belas-ning
PLPolski
obciążenie
ob-chwa-zhen-ie
RORomână
încărcare
in-kar-ka-re
RUРусский
нагрузка
nalogadka
SVSvenska
belastning
belast-ning
TAதமிழ்
வன்கொடுமை
van-ko-dhu-mai
UKУкраїнська
навантаження
navantazhuvannya
VITiếng Việt
gánh nặng
ganh nang