What is "brake" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does brake mean in English? Meaning of brake definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "brake" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "brake": a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle

Noun

  • Meaning: a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
  • Synonyms: brake
  • Hyponyms: brake system brakes coaster brake emergency emergency brake hand brake parking brake power brake
  • Hypernyms: constraint restraint
  • Meaning of "brake": stop travelling by applying a brake

    Verb

  • Meaning: stop travelling by applying a brake
  • Example: We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road
  • Synonyms: brake
  • Hypernyms: halt stop
  • Meaning of "brake": any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants

    Noun

  • Meaning: any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
  • Synonyms: brake
  • Hypernyms: fern
  • Meaning of "brake": cause to stop by applying the brakes

    Verb

  • Meaning: cause to stop by applying the brakes
  • Example: brake the car before you go into a curve
  • Synonyms: brake
  • Hyponyms: skid
  • Hypernyms: stop
  • Meaning of "brake": large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

    Noun

  • Meaning: large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
  • Synonyms: bracken brake pasture brake pteridium aquilinum
  • Hypernyms: fern
  • Meaning of "brake": an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant

    Noun

  • Meaning: an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
  • Synonyms: brake
  • Hypernyms: brush brushwood coppice copse thicket
  • Meaning of "brake": anything that slows or hinders a process

    Noun

  • Meaning: anything that slows or hinders a process
  • Example: she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage new legislation will put the brakes on spending
  • Synonyms: brake
  • Hypernyms: constraint restraint
  • Synonyms:

    damper, restraint, control, discouragement, constraint, deterrent, hamper, obstacle, curb, hindrance, hurdle, rein, anchor, binders, cinchers, retarding device, decelerate, impede, hinder, obstruct, slow, bar, halt, slacken, dam, stop, moderate, block, reduce speed, slow down,

    Antonyms:

    catalyst, encouragement, incentive, assistance, accelerator, help, opening, aid, assist, permit, liberate, unblock, accelerate, advance, allow, encourage, forward, help, promote, push, open, continue, free, let go,

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    brake in English: brake
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