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brake1
noun
1 a device used to slow down or stop a moving vehicle or machine, eg by applying friction to the surface of a rotating part such as a wheel, brake drum or disc.
2 anything which makes something stop, prevents or slows down progress, etc a brake on public spending .
3 a shooting brake.
4 a toothed instrument for crushing flax or hemp.
5 (also brake harrow) a type of harrow for breaking up large lumps of hard earth.
verb (braked , braking )
1 intr to apply or use a brake.
2 to use a brake to make (a vehicle) slow down or stop.
3 to crush (flax or hemp) by beating.
[18c: related to break]
noun
1 a device used to slow down or stop a moving vehicle or machine, eg by applying friction to the surface of a rotating part such as a wheel, brake drum or disc.
2 anything which makes something stop, prevents or slows down progress, etc a brake on public spending .
3 a shooting brake.
4 a toothed instrument for crushing flax or hemp.
5 (also brake harrow) a type of harrow for breaking up large lumps of hard earth.
verb (braked , braking )
1 intr to apply or use a brake.
2 to use a brake to make (a vehicle) slow down or stop.
3 to crush (flax or hemp) by beating.
[18c: related to break]
brake2
noun an area of wild rough ground covered with low bushes, brushwood, etc; a thicket.
[15c, originally referring to broken branches, stumps, etc: probably from a German dialect word, but also related to break]
noun an area of wild rough ground covered with low bushes, brushwood, etc; a thicket.
[15c, originally referring to broken branches, stumps, etc: probably from a German dialect word, but also related to break]
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