American English pronunciation
How to pronounce brake
IPA transcription: [b'ɹeɪk]
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Noun
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a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
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any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
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large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
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an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
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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”
Verb
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stop travelling by applying a brake
“We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road”
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cause to stop by applying the brakes
“brake the car before you go into a curve”
Usage examples
- The brakes were disc at the front and drum at the rear.
- The poles could also act as a brake when needed.
- Hydraulic power drum brakes were specified front and rear.
- It also has a special brake master cylinder.
- The handbrake lever was just behind the gearstick.
- The brake fluid was leaking out onto the path.
- The brake fluid was leaking out onto the path.
- The brake fluid was leaking out onto the path.
- Disc brakes are fitted all round.
- This wedge prevents the trailer from rolling down the slope in case of brake failure.