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brake
1[ breyk ]
noun
- a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction.
- brakes, the drums, shoes, tubes, levers, etc., making up such a device on a vehicle.
- anything that has a slowing or stopping effect.
- Also called brakeman. a member of a bobsled team who operates the brake.
- Also called breaker. Textiles. a tool or machine for breaking up flax or hemp, to separate the fiber.
- Also called press brake. a machine for bending sheet metal to a desired shape.
- Obsolete. an old instrument of torture.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
- to use or run a brake.
- to stop or slow upon being braked.
- to run a hoisting machine.
brake
2[ breyk ]
noun
- a place overgrown with bushes, brambles, or cane.
brake
3[ breyk ]
noun
- any of several large or coarse ferns, especially the bracken, Pteridium aquilinum.
brake
4[ breyk ]
verb
- simple past tense of break.
brake
1/ breɪk /
brake
2/ breɪk /
noun
- an area of dense undergrowth, shrubs, brushwood, etc; thicket
brake
4/ breɪk /
noun
- often plural a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle, wheel, shaft, etc, or for keeping it stationary, esp by means of friction See also drum brake disc brake hydraulic brake air brake handbrake
- ( as modifier )
the brake pedal
- a machine or tool for crushing or breaking flax or hemp to separate the fibres
- Also calledbrake harrow a heavy harrow for breaking up clods
- See brake vanshort for brake van
- See shooting brakeshort for shooting brake
- an open four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage Also speltbreak
- See rackan obsolete word for rack 1
verb
- to slow down or cause to slow down, by or as if by using a brake
- tr to crush or break up using a brake
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Derived Forms
- ˈbrakeless, adjective
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Other Words From
- brake·less adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brake1
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Example Sentences
Johnson Welded Products Ohio-based manufacturer of reservoirs for air brake systems.
Johnson Welded Products Ohio-based manufacturer of reservoirs for air brake systems.
Counterfeit airbags and brake pads have become more of a problem, as have electrical devices that catch on fire.
Even the most sketch-ball, scheming car mechanic knows how much those brake pads cost.
When it comes to stops to enforce traffic laws—like speeding, or driving with a broken brake light—being black has no influence.
They tobogganed down hills without a brake at the imminent peril of their lives.
If he is injured while running a car from a defective brake of which he had knowledge, he cannot recover.
Then he went back, eased off the emergency brake, grabbed a good handhold and strained forward.
Almost unconsciously he lifted his foot from the accelerator and pressed down the brake.
The brake had set out before the carriage, so that Meta had to come in and wait for her governess.
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