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noun
1.
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.
2.
brakes, the drums, shoes, tubes, levers, etc., making up such a device on a vehicle.
3.
EXPANDanything that has a slowing or stopping effect.
6.
Also called press brake. a machine for bending sheet metal to a desired shape.
7.
COLLAPSEObsolete. an old instrument of torture.
verb (used with object)
8.
to slow or stop by means of or as if by means of a brake.
9.
to furnish with brakes.
10.
to process (flax or hemp) by crushing it in a brake.
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Braked
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verb (used without object)
11.
to use or run a brake.
12.
to stop or slow upon being braked.
13.
to run a hoisting machine.
Related forms
brake·less, adjective
Synonyms
8. halt, arrest, stay, restrain; curb, curtail.
8. halt, arrest, stay, restrain; curb, curtail.
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Word Origin & History
brake
"to apply a brake to a wheel," 1868, from brake (n.1). Earlier, "to beat flax" (late 14c.).
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