brake
IPA: brˈeɪk
noun
- A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
- The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle
- (engineering) 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.
- (figuratively) Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
- (military) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
- (obsolete) The winch of a crossbow.
- (chiefly nautical) The handle of a pump.
- A baker's kneading trough.
- A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
- A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him.
- An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
- A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.ᵂ
- A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.ᵂ
- That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
- A fern; bracken (Pteridium).
- Any fern in the genus Pteris
- A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
- (textiles) A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
- A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
- A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.
- (obsolete) A cage.
- (now historical) A type of torture instrument.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To operate (a) brake(s).
- (intransitive) To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
- (transitive) To bruise and crush; to knead
- (transitive) To pulverise with a harrow
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Examples of "brake" in Sentences
- I handle the throttle and the brakes.
- Brake failure was the cause of the fatalities.
- The brake is actuated by depressing the pedal.
- The actuating lever is also coupled to the vehicle brake.
- In addition, the brakes of the vehicle are engaged to stop the vehicle.
- Suddenly the trucker jammed on his brakes, and the two vehicles collided.
- The track assembly is coupled to the powered brake housings of the vehicle.
- The brake disk is couplable with a frictional surface of a brake armature disk.
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