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brake::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bracken, pasture brake, pteridium aquilinum |
| Type of | fern |
| Derivation | braky |
brake::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fern |
brake::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | constraint, restraint |
she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage.
new legislation will put the brakes on spending.
brake::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | constraint, restraint |
| Has types | brake system, brakes, coaster brake, emergency, emergency brake, hand brake, parking brake, power brake |
Examples of brake
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Looking for intermodal trailer mechanic, fixing lights, tires and brake systems.
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That would be consistent with drivers hitting the gas when they wanted to brake.
From the newscientist.com
The single-cylinder, street-specific Duke was born to accelerate and brake hard.
From the latimes.com
The cars were fitted with windshield wipers and brake lights for the conditions.
From the tennessean.com
He tried to brake, he said, but skidded on the wet road and bumped into the bag.
From the abcnews.go.com
I would immediately look at the parking brake, making sure that it was released.
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Comfortable to her feet are two pedals resembling the clutch and brake of a car.
From the theatlantic.com
Inspired by 1970s style trends, Mr. Eusey's front brake and fender were removed.
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Then came those centered, high-mounted brake lights in the rear windows of cars.
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- A restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
- Stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
- Any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- Cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"
- Bracken: large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- An area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
- A brake is a device which inhibits motion. Its opposite component is a clutch. The rest of this article is dedicated to various types of vehicular brakes.
- Pteris (brake) is a genus of about 280 species of ferns, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
- A brake, also spelled break, was a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the nineteenth and early 20th centuries. It was a large or small, open-topped, straight-bodied pleasure vehicle with four wheels, designed for country use. ...
