brake
/bɹeɪk/noun, verb1 syllable
Brake means: large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan.
Synonyms for brake4
noun, as in large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
What does brake mean?7
noun
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
anything that slows or hinders a process“she was not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage”
verb
stop travelling by applying a brake“We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road”
cause to stop by applying the brakes“brake the car before you go into a curve”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with brake?25
Brake in a sentence
- He didn't brake in time, and ran into a tree.marcelostockle
- Gas on the right, brake on the left.ddnktr
- If you get into the habit of braking slowly, your brakes will last longer.shekitten
- Press the brake pedal to turn on your brake lights.CM
- The function of the brake is to stop the car.carlosalberto
- We must put the brake to further trials.unknown
- John put his foot on the brake and we stopped suddenly.Swift
- He put his foot on the brake suddenly.CK
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Forms of brake
as a noun
- plural
- brakes
as a verb
- past tense
- braked
- present participle
- braking
- third-person singular
- brakes
- past participle
- braked