English dictionary
brake
/br/eI/k/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
Source: WordNet 3.0
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any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
Source: WordNet 3.0
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large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
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an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
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anything that slows or hinders a process
ExamplesShe wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage.
New legislation will put the brakes on spending.
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A fern of the genus <i>Pteris</i>, esp. the <i>P. aquilina</i>, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.
Source: webster1913
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An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
Source: webster1913
verb
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stop travelling by applying a brake
ExamplesWe had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road.
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cause to stop by applying the brakes
ExamplesBrake the car before you go into a curve.
Source: WordNet 3.0