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brake
reduce speed; a retarding device: apply the brakes
Not to be confused with:
break – separate; destroy; fracture: break a leg
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brake 1
(brāk)n.
1. A device for slowing or stopping motion, as of a vehicle, especially by contact friction.
2. Something that slows or stops action.
v. braked, brak·ing, brakes
v.tr.
To reduce the speed of with or as if with a brake.
v.intr.
1. To operate or apply a brake.
2. To be slowed or stopped by or as if by the operation of a brake.
[Early Modern English brake, bridle, curb (for a horse), perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, nose ring, curb, flax brake; see brake2.]
brake 2
(brāk)n.
1. A toothed device for crushing and beating flax or hemp.
2. A heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth.
3. An apparatus for kneading large amounts of dough.
4. A machine for bending and folding sheet metal.
tr.v. braked, brak·ing, brakes
1. To crush (flax or hemp) in a toothed device.
2. To break up (clods of earth) with a harrow.
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch, from Middle Low German; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]
brake 3
(brāk)n.
A lever or handle on a machine such as a pump.
[Middle English, from Old French brac, from oblique form of bras, arm; see bracer2.]
brake 4
(brāk)n.
1. Any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants.
2. Any of certain other ferns, such as bracken.
[Middle English, probably back-formation from braken; see bracken.]
brake 5
(brāk)n.
An area overgrown with dense brushwood, briers, and undergrowth; a thicket.
[Middle English, from Middle Low German; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]
brake 6
(brāk)n. also break
A high horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.
v. Archaic
A past tense of break.
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brake
(breɪk)n
1. (Automotive Engineering)
a. (often plural) a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle, wheel, shaft, etc, or for keeping it stationary, esp by means of friction. See also drum brake, disc brake, hydraulic brake, air brake, handbrake
b. (as modifier): the brake pedal.
2. (Textiles) a machine or tool for crushing or breaking flax or hemp to separate the fibres
3. (Agriculture) Also called: brake harrow a heavy harrow for breaking up clods
4. (Railways) short for brake van
5. (Automotive Engineering) short for shooting brake
6. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) an open four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage. Also spelt: break
7. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) an obsolete word for rack14
vb
8. to slow down or cause to slow down, by or as if by using a brake
9. (Textiles) (tr) to crush or break up using a brake
[C18: from Middle Dutch braeke; related to breken to break]
ˈbrakeless adj
brake
(breɪk)n
(Physical Geography) an area of dense undergrowth, shrubs, brushwood, etc; thicket
[Old English bracu; related to Middle Low German brake, Old French bracon branch]
brake
(breɪk)n
(Plants) another name for bracken1 See also rock brake
brake
(breɪk)vb
archaic chiefly biblical a past tense of break
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brake1
(breɪk)n., v. braked, brak•ing. n.
1. a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usu. by means of friction.
2. brakes, the drums, shoes, tubes, levers, etc., making up such a device on a vehicle.
3. anything that has a slowing or stopping effect.
4. a tool or machine for breaking up flax or hemp, to separate the fiber.
5. a machine for bending sheet metal to a desired shape.
6. Obs. an instrument of torture; rack.
v.t. 7. to slow or stop by or as if by means of a brake.
8. to furnish with brakes.
9. to break up (flax or hemp) in a brake.
v.i. 10. to use or run a brake.
11. to stop or slow upon being braked.
[1400–50; Middle English < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German]
brake′less, adj.
brake2
(breɪk)n.
a place overgrown with bushes, brambles, or cane.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Middle Low German brake thicket]
brake3
(breɪk)n.
2. any of numerous coarse tropical ferns of the genus Pteris, of the polypody family, cultivated as houseplants.
[1275–1325; Middle English]
brake4
(breɪk)v. Archaic.
pt. of break.
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Brake
a clump of brushes, brushwood, or briars. See also thicket.Example: brakes of fern, shrub, and fallen trees, 1772.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
break
– brakeThese words are both pronounced /breɪk/.
1. 'break'
If you break something or it breaks, it divides into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
He fell through the window, breaking the glass.
Break the bread into pieces and place on a baking tray.
The past tense of break is broke. The -ed participle is broken.
She dropped the cup, which broke into several pieces.
Someone has broken the shop window.
See broken
2. 'brake'
A brake is a device on a vehicle that makes it slow down or stop.
He took his foot off the brake.
Brake is also a verb. When a vehicle or its driver brakes, the driver makes the vehicle slow down or stop by using the brake.
The taxi braked suddenly.
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brake
Past participle: braked
Gerund: braking
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| Noun | 1. |  brake - a restraint used to slow or stop a vehiclebrake system, brakes - a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle coaster brake - a brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals emergency brake, hand brake, parking brake, emergency - a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage power brake - a brake on an automobile that magnifies a small force applied to the brake pedal into a proportionately larger force applied to slow or stop the vehicle constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" |
| 2. | brake - any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores genus Pteris, Pteris - large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae | |
| 3. |  brake - large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitanfern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores genus Pteridium, Pteridium - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae | |
| 4. | brake - an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant | |
| 5. | brake - 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" constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" | |
| Verb | 1. | brake - stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road" driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal stop, halt - come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" brake - cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve" |
| 2. | brake - cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve" driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal stop - cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" brake - stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road" skid - apply a brake or skid to |
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brake
noun
verb
1. slow, decelerate, reduce speed She braked to a halt and switched off.
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brake
nounverbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
brzdabrzdit
bremse
jarrujarruttaalevyntaivutintaivutinhidaste
kočitikočnica
fék
rem
hemillhemla
ブレーキブレーキをかける
브레이크브레이크를 걸다
stabdžiai
bremzebremzēt
brzdazabrzdiť
zaviratizavora
bromsbromsa
เบรคหรือเครื่องห้ามล้อห้ามล้อ
hãm phanhphanh
brake
1 [breɪk]A. N (Aut etc) → freno m
to put the brakes on (Aut) → frenar
to put the brakes on sth (fig) → poner freno a algo
to put the brakes on (Aut) → frenar
to put the brakes on sth (fig) → poner freno a algo
B. VI → frenar
C. VT → frenar
D. CPD brake block N → pastilla f de frenos
brake drum N → tambor m de freno
brake fluid N → líquido m de frenos
brake horsepower N → potencia f al freno
brake lever N → palanca f de freno
brake light N → luz f de freno
brake lining N → forro m or guarnición f del freno
brake pad N → pastilla f de frenos
brake pedal N → pedal m de freno
brake shoe N → zapata f del freno
brake van N (Brit) (Rail) → furgón m de cola
brake drum N → tambor m de freno
brake fluid N → líquido m de frenos
brake horsepower N → potencia f al freno
brake lever N → palanca f de freno
brake light N → luz f de freno
brake lining N → forro m or guarnición f del freno
brake pad N → pastilla f de frenos
brake pedal N → pedal m de freno
brake shoe N → zapata f del freno
brake van N (Brit) (Rail) → furgón m de cola
brake
2 [breɪk] N (= vehicle) → break m; (= estate car) → rubia fbrake
3 [breɪk] N (Bot) → helecho m; (= thicket) → soto mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
brake
[ˈbreɪk] n [car, bike] → frein m
to apply the brakes → freiner
to put a brake on sth (= slow down) → mettre un frein à qch
to apply the brakes → freiner
to put a brake on sth (= slow down) → mettre un frein à qch
vt
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
brake
in cpds → Brems-;brake block
n → Bremsbacke f
brake disc
n → Bremsscheibe f
brake drum
n → Bremstrommel f
brake fluid
n → Bremsflüssigkeit f
brake horsepower
n → Bremsleistung f
brake light
n → Bremslicht nt
brake lining
n → Bremsbelag m
brakeman
n (US Rail) → Bremser m
brake pad
n → Bremsklotz m
brake shoe
n → Bremsbacke f
brake van
n → Bremswagen m
brake
1n (Tech) → Bremse f; to put the brakes on (lit, fig) → bremsen; to put the brakes on something (fig) → etw bremsen; to act as a brake (lit) → als Bremse wirken (→ on auf +acc); (fig) → dämpfend wirken (→ on auf +acc), → bremsen (→ on +acc)
vi → bremsen
brake
2n (Bot) → (Adler)farn m
brake
3n (= thicket) → Unterholz nt
brake
4n (= shooting brake) → Kombi(wagen) m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
brake
[breɪk]1. n (on vehicle) → freno
to put on or apply the brakes (Aut) → azionare i freni
to put the brakes on sth (fig) → mettere un freno a qc
to put on or apply the brakes (Aut) → azionare i freni
to put the brakes on sth (fig) → mettere un freno a qc
2. vi → frenare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
brake
(breik) verb to slow down or stop. He braked (the car) suddenly.
noun (often in plural) a device for doing this. He put on the brake(s).
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
brake
→ فَرامِل, يُفِرْمِل brzda, brzdit bremse Bremse, bremsen φρενάρω, φρένο frenar, freno jarru, jarruttaa frein, freiner kočiti, kočnica frenare, freno ブレーキ, ブレーキをかける 브레이크, 브레이크를 걸다 rem, remmen brems, bremse hamulec, wyhamować frear, freio, travão, travar тормоз, тормозить broms, bromsa เบรคหรือเครื่องห้ามล้อ, ห้ามล้อ fren, fren yapmak hãm phanh, phanh 制动, 刹车Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009