Meaning & Definition of Brake in English
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Brake
/brek/
noun
1. A restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
synonym:
- brake
2. Any of various ferns of the genus pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
synonym:
- brake
3. Large coarse fern often several feet high
- Essentially weed ferns
- Cosmopolitan
synonym:
- bracken,
- pasture brake,
- brake,
- Pteridium aquilinum
4. An area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
synonym:
- brake
5. Anything that slows or hinders a process
- "She wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage"
- "New legislation will put the brakes on spending"
synonym:
- brake
verb
1. Stop travelling by applying a brake
- "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
synonym:
- brake
2. Cause to stop by applying the brakes
- "Brake the car before you go into a curve"
synonym:
- brake
Examples of using
Tom forgot to release the brake.
He pressed the brake pedal.
Don't brake suddenly.