| brake 1 (def. 6). |
[breyk] 
noun, verb, braked, brak⋅ing.| 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. | anything that has a slowing or stopping effect. |
| 4. | Also called brakeman. a member of a bobsled team who operates the brake. |
| 5. | Also called breaker. a tool or machine for breaking up flax or hemp, to separate the fiber. |
| 6. | Also called press brake. a machine for bending sheet metal to a desired shape. |
| 7. | Obsolete. an old instrument of torture. |
| 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. |
| 11. | to use or run a brake. |
| 12. | to stop or slow upon being braked. |
| 13. | to run a hoisting machine. |
