To brake is to stop. The noun brake is the pedal in the car that stops the vehicle when pressed. When you want to brake, step on the brake)!
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Noun
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
Noun
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
Noun
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
Noun
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
Verb
cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"
Verb
stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
imp. of Break.
n.
A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in
almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three
principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.
n.
A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with
undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.
v. t.
An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody
part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
v. t.
An extended handle by means of which a number of men can
unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.
v. t.
A baker's kneading though.
v. t.
A sharp bit or snaffle.
v. t.
A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith
is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
v. t.
That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or
engine, which enables it to turn.
v. t.
An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and
ballista.
v. t.
A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a
drag.
v. t.
A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by
friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers
against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or
roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.
v. t.
An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or
other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will
overcome; a friction brake.
v. t.
A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in
horses.
v. t.
An ancient instrument of torture.
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Brake
Brake
Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, To shelter thee from tempest and from rain.
He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone.
Brake
Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit.5.
A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars.6.
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A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.
Usage Examples
I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone.
You're pulling 4-5G for a lot of the corners around the lap. We build up lactic acid because there are a lot of vibrations in the car, and you have to have strong legs to hit the brake pedal. We need to be fit to do every lap at 100%.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe trick at Le Mans is to get the car 'in the window.' Everything is critical: the tyre pressure, the brake temperature, and that means you have to push the car a lot to get it into the window - it's about getting everything to work right and getting the car to flow through the corners.
Driving with one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brake is likely to get you nowhere, but certainly will burn out vital parts of your car. Similarly, cutting taxes on the middle class, but increasing them on the 'rich' is likely to result in an economic burnout.
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