Defenition of the word brake
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Defenition of the word brake
- A mechanical device used to slow a vehicle.
- Decelerate using a mechanical device.
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- used to slow or stop a vehicle
- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- cause to stop by applying the brakes
- stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
- cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"
- anything that slows or hinders a process
- stop travelling by applying a brake
Synonyms for the word brake
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- bracken
- pasture brake
- Pteridium aquilinum
Meronymys for the word brake
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- genus Pteridium
- genus Pteris
- Pteridium
- Pteris
- wheeled vehicle
Hyponyms for the word brake
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- airbrake
- brake system
- brakes
- coaster brake
- emergency
- emergency brake
- hand brake
- parking brake
- power brake
- skid
Hypernyms for the word brake
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- brush
- brushwood
- constraint
- coppice
- copse
- fern
- halt
- restraint
- stop
- thicket
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