Definitions
1.nounA fern; bracken.
2.nounA thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
3.nounA tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
4.nounA type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
5.nounA large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.
6.verbTo bruise and crush; to knead"The farmer's son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough"
7.verbTo pulverise with a harrow
8.nounAn ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
9.nounThe handle of a pump.
10.nounA device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, by friction; also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car."She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car."
11.nounA baker's kneading trough.
12.nounA device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
13.nounThat part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
14.verbTo operate (a) brake(s).
15.verbTo be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
16.nounA cage.
17.nounA type of torture instrument.