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braking

[breyk]

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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. a tool or machine for breaking up flax or hemp, to separate the fiber.

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Also called press brake. a machine for bending sheet metal to a desired shape.

Obsolete. an old instrument of torture.

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verb (used with object)

to slow or stop by means of or as if by means of a brake.

to furnish with brakes.

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to process (flax or hemp) by crushing it in a brake.

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Braking is always a great word to know.

So is bezoar. Does it mean:

the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.