exists and is an alternate of . If an electrical motor is doing more work than that for which was designed, it is said to be overloaded. An overloaded motor will become hot. Various safety devices are available to shut down an overheated motor defore it becomes damaged or starts a fire from the excess heat.
mother tongue. n. 1. (Linguistics) the language first learned by a child. 2. (Linguistics) a language from which another has evolved. mothâ²er tongue. n. the language first learned by a person; native language.
Sometimes, the term mother tongue or mother language is used for the language that a person learned as a child at home (usually from their parents). Children growing up in bilingual homes can, according to this definition, have more than one mother tongue or native language.