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1. (n.) brake
a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usu. by means of friction.
2. brake
brakes, the drums, shoes, tubes, levers, etc., making up such a device on a vehicle.
3. brake
anything that has a slowing or stopping effect.
4. brake
a tool or machine for breaking up flax or hemp, to separate the fiber.
5. brake
a machine for bending sheet metal to a desired shape.
6. brake
Obs. an instrument of torture; rack.
7. (v.t.) brake
to slow or stop by or as if by means of a brake.
8. brake
to furnish with brakes.
9. brake
to break up (flax or hemp) in a brake.
10. (v.i.) brake
to use or run a brake.
11. brake
to stop or slow upon being braked.
12. (n.) brake
a place overgrown with bushes, brambles, or cane.
13. (n.) brake
any of numerous coarse tropical ferns of the genus Pteris, of the polypody family, cultivated as houseplants.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME)
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| Definition of 'Brake' |
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1. (noun) brake
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
2. (noun) brake
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
3. (noun) bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
4. (noun) brake
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
5. (verb) brake
anything that slows or hinders a process
"she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage"; "new legislation will put the brakes on spending"
6. (verb) brake
stop travelling by applying a brake
"We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
7. (verb) brake
cause to stop by applying the brakes
"brake the car before you go into a curve"
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1. (noun) brake
a device on a vehicle that makes it slow down or stop
to put my foot on the brake
2. brake
hit the brakes
***to quickly push on the brakes
3. brake
sth that slows or limits a process
The government put the brakes on further taxation.
4. (verb) brake
put the brake(s) on
to use brakes to slow down or stop a vehicle
to brake hard
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| Definition of 'Brake' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Brake
a fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern
2. (noun) Brake
a thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes
3. Brake
imp. of Break
4. Brake
of Break
5. (verb) Brake
an instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber
6. (verb) Brake
an extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine
7. (verb) Brake
a baker's kneading though
8. (verb) Brake
a sharp bit or snaffle
9. (verb) Brake
a frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc
10. (verb) Brake
that part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn
11. (verb) Brake
an ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista
12. (verb) Brake
a large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag
13. (verb) Brake
a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine
14. (verb) Brake
an apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake
15. (verb) Brake
a cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses
16. (verb) Brake
an ancient instrument of torture
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Sense: to slow down or stop
He braked (the car) suddenly.
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 Afrikaans: rem, briek |
 Arabic: يكبح |
 Bulgarian: спирам |
 Brazilian: frear |
 Czech: (za)brzdit |
 German: bremsen |
 Danish: bremse |
 Greek: φρενάρω |
 Spanish: frenar |
 Estonian: pidurdama |
 Farsi: کند کردن؛ وایستاندن |
 Finnish: jarruttaa |
 French: freiner |
 Hebrew: לִבְלוֹם, לַעֲצוֹר |
 Hindi: धीमे करना, रोकना |
 Croatian: kočiti |
 Hungarian: fékez |
 Indonesian: mengerem |
 Icelandic: hemla |
 Italian: frenare |
 Japanese: ブレーキをかける |
 Korean: 브레이크를 걸다 |
 Lithuanian: sustabdyti |
 Latvian: bremzēt |
 Malay: berhenti |
 Dutch: remmen |
 Norwegian: bremse (opp) |
 Polish: hamować |
 Persian: کند کردن؛ وایستاندن |
 Pashto: کیندل، اودریدل |
 Portuguese: travar |
 Romanian: a frâna |
 Russian: (при)тормозить |
 Slovak: zabrzdiť |
 Slovenian: zavirati |
 Serbian: kočiti |
 Swedish: bromsa |
 Thai: หยุด |
 Turkish: fren yapmak |
 Taiwanese: 煞車 |
 Ukrainian: гальмувати |
 Urdu: گاڑی کو بریک لگانا |
 Vietnamese: phanh lại |
 Chinese: 刹车 |
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