brake

brake ¹  (brk)

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.

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[Probably brake, bridle, curb, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, nose ring, curb, flax brake; see brake².]

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brake ²  (brk)

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.

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[Middle English, from Middle Dutch, from Middle Low German; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

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brake ³  (brk)

n.

A lever or handle on a machine such as a pump.

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[Middle English, from Old French brac, from oblique form of bras, arm; see bracer².]

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brake ⁴  (brk)

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 the bracken or the cliff brake.

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[Middle English, probably back-formation from braken; see bracken.]

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brake ⁵  (brk)

n.

An area overgrown with dense brushwood, briers, and undergrowth; a thicket.

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[Middle English, from Middle Low German; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

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brake ⁶  (brk)

n.

Variant of break.

v. Archaic

A past tense of break.

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brake¹

n

1. (Engineering / 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. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a machine or tool for crushing or breaking flax or hemp to separate the fibres

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Also called brake harrow a heavy harrow for breaking up clods

4. (Transport / Railways) short for brake van

5. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) short for shooting brake

6. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) Also spelt break an open four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage

7. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) an obsolete word for the rack (an instrument of torture)

vb

1. to slow down or cause to slow down, by or as if by using a brake

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (tr) to crush or break up using a brake

[from Middle Dutch braeke; related to breken to break]

brakeless  adj

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brake²

n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) an area of dense undergrowth, shrubs, brushwood, etc.; thicket

[Old English bracu; related to Middle Low German brake, Old French bracon branch]

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brake³

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for bracken [1] See also rock brake

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brake⁴

vb

Archaic, chiefly biblical a past tense 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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brake - a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle brake 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; cosmopolitan pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum, bracken fern - 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 brush, coppice, copse, thicket, brushwood - a dense growth of bushes
	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

control, check, curb, restraint, constraint, rein, damper Illness had put a brake on his progress.

verb

slow, decelerate, reduce speed She braked to a halt and switched off.

Translations

brake¹ [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

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

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brake² [breɪk] N (= vehicle) → break m; (= estate car) → rubia f

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brake³ [breɪk] N (Bot) → helecho m; (= thicket) → soto m

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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

vt

[+ car] → freiner vi [driver, car] → freiner
brake block n → patin m de frein
brake cable n [vehicle] → câble m de frein
brake fluid n [vehicle] → liquide m de frein
brake light n → feu m stop
brake pads npl [vehicle] → plaquettes fpl de frein
brake pedal n → pédale f de frein

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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

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brake¹

n (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

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brake²

n (Bot) → (Adler)farn m

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brake³

n (= thicket) → Unterholz nt

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brake⁴

n (= shooting brake) → Kombi(wagen) m

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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

2. vi → frenare

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brake

v brake [breik]

to slow down or stop He braked (the car) suddenly. rem, briek يكبح спирам (za)brzdit bremse bremsen φρενάρω frenar pidurdama کند کردن؛ وایستاندن jarruttaa freiner לִבְלוֹם, לַעֲצוֹר धीमे करना, रोकना kočiti fékez mengerem hemla frenare ブレーキをかける 브레이크를 걸다 sustabdyti bremzēt berhenti remmen bremse (opp) hamować travar a frâna (при)тормозить zabrzdiť zavirati kočiti bromsa หยุด fren yapmak 煞車 гальмувати گاڑی کو بریک لگانا phanh lại 刹车

n

(often in plural) a device for doing this He put on the brake(s). rem, briek, remskoen كابح، مكبح спирачка brzda bremse die Bremse φρένο freno pidur ترمز jarrut frein מַעֲצוֹר ब्रेक, गतिरोधक kočnica fék rem hemill freno ブレーキ 브레이크 stabdžiai bremze brek rem bremse(r) hamulec travão frână тормоз brzda zavora kočnica broms เบรค; เครื่องห้ามล้อ fren 制動器 гальмо گاڑی کی بریکیں cái phanh 制动器

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brake → فرامل, يُفِرْمِل brzda, zabrzdit 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 cái phanh, phanh 制动, 刹车