Definitions for brakes
brakes

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1. brake system, brakes(noun)

   a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle

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1. Brakes

   Brakes is a four member band from Brighton, England. The group formed in 2003. It consists of Eamon Hamilton, Thomas White, Marc Beatty, and Alex White.

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1. brakes

   Song lyrics by brakes -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by brakes on the Lyrics.com website.

Anagrams for brakes »

1. bakers, baker's

2. breaks

3. Bakers

How to pronounce brakes?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say brakes in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brakes in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brakes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of brakes in a Sentence

1. Paolo Gentiloni:

   I very much regret the U.S.' move to put the brakes on international talks on taxation of the digital economy. I hope that this will be a temporary setback rather than a definitive stop, the European Commission wants a global solution to bring corporate taxation into the 21st century – and we believe the OECD's two-pillar approach is the right one.

2. Desionne Franklin:

   The steering wheel was shaking and we could feel boulders and rocks underneath us, the brakes didn’t work. My girlfriend was screaming ‘go go go.'.

3. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin:

   I've pulled up short of a federal mandate ... but I am really distressed by some of these comments of wannabe presidential candidates..., think of an analogy: What if I said 'It's my car, I don't want any brakes...and it just endangered my life? [But] you're endangering the lives of other drivers. That's what this is about.

4. Ari Vatanen:

   The first car came at two o'clock in the morning and time stopped there in my life, the first car was a white Volvo 544 and it came with the drum brakes red hot and it was kicking up the dust... that stuff absolutely took my breath away and my body stayed on that bank in that luminous summer night but my mind went with the car.

5. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson:

   Throughout this period of the next two months we will be driven not by mere hope or economic necessity. We are going to be driven by the science, the data and public health, we will be monitoring our progress locally, regionally, and nationally and if there are outbreaks, if there are problems, we will not hesitate to put on the brakes.

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