Word Information

Brake

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Definitions for Brake

noun
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
noun
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
noun
large coarse fern often several feet high
Synonyms
bracken pasture brake Pteridium aquilinum
Examples
  1. essentially weed ferns
  2. cosmopolitan
noun
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
noun
anything that slows or hinders a process
Examples
  1. she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage
  2. new legislation will put the brakes on spending
verb
stop travelling by applying a brake
Examples
  1. We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road
verb
cause to stop by applying the brakes
Examples
  1. brake the car before you go into a curve

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