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1.NounA device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}"She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car.; You’re pressing the brakes too hard—try just squeezing them.; Give the car a quick brake."
2.NounThe act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle"Give the car a quick brake."
3.NounAn apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
4.NounSomething used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
5.NounAn ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
The winch of a crossbow.
6.NounThe winch of a crossbow.
7.NounThe handle of a pump.
8.NounA baker’s kneading trough.
9.NounA device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
10.NounA frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing it.
11.NounAn enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
12.NounA cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.
13.NounA carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.
14.NounThat part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
15.VerbTo operate a brake or brakes.
16.VerbTo be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
17.NounCertain ferns, including
Any fern in the genus Pteris.
Bracken (Pteridium spp.).
18.NounAny fern in the genus Pteris.
19.NounBracken (Pteridium spp.).
20.NounA thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
21.NounA type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
22.NounA large, heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth after ploughing; a drag.
23.NounA tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
24.VerbTo bruise and crush; to knead."The farmer’s son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough"
25.VerbTo pulverise with a harrow.
26.NounA cage.
27.NounA type of torture instrument.
28.Verbsimple past of break