/bɹeɪk/ · noun
A 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..
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.
Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler.
You shall kneade[…]first with handes‥lastly with the brake.
Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, / To shelter thee from tempest and from rain.
He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone.
He halts, and searches with his eyes Among the scatter’d rocks: And now at distance can discern A stirring in a brake of fern […]
The bird, with its fellow in the break, drummed, and whirred, and to the misfortune of its species made its plumage seem a prize to them.
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Brake means A 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..
Common synonyms include swipe, cataract, pteridium aquilinum, pasture brake.
Possible antonyms include floor it, put the pedal to the metal, redline, accelerate.
She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car.
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