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brake
Found in thesaurus: constraint, restraint, fern, thicket, coppice, copse, brush, brushwood, halt, stop
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brake
v.
stop a vehicle, slow down a vehicle
n.
device which is used to slow or stop a vehicle; thicket; type of fern; carriage
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Brake
A brake is a mechanical device that inhibits motion, slowing or stopping a moving object or preventing its motion.
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brake
Noun
1. a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
(hypernym) restraint, constraint
(hyponym) airbrake
(part-holonym) wheeled vehicle
2. any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
(hypernym) fern
(member-holonym) Pteris, genus Pteris
3. large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
(synonym) bracken, pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum
(hypernym) fern
(member-holonym) Pteridium, genus Pteridium
4. an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
(hypernym) brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket
Verb
1. stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
(hypernym) stop, halt
(classification) driving
2. cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"
(hypernym) stop
(hyponym) skid
(classification) driving
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brake
v.
zabrzdit; zarazit; zamezit
n.
brzda
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brake
Czas.
hamować
Rzecz.
hamulec; hamulec
