Brake - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |breɪk|  American pronunciation of the word brake
Brit.  |breɪk|  British pronunciation of the word brake

noun

- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan (syn: bracken)
- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
- 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

- stop travelling by applying a brake
We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road
- cause to stop by applying the brakes
brake the car before you go into a curve

Extra examples

I had to brake suddenly when a cat ran in front of the car.

...braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us...

The government put a brake on plans for expansion.

Test your brakes after driving through water.

Moira slammed on the brakes (=use them suddenly and with a lot of force).

I managed to put on the brakes just in time.

Williams tried to apply the brakes but couldn't stop the vehicle in time.

He braked sharply to avoid the dog.

We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road

He turned off the car and set the parking brake.

He was driving with one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake.

You'll need to bleed the car's brake lines.

Slowly depress the car's brake pedal.

There's a time lag between when you see a stop sign and when your foot steps on the brake.

The brake refused to act.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: brake
he/she/it: brakes
present participle: braking
past tense: braked
past participle: braked
noun
singular: brake
plural: brakes
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