BRAKE

/bɹeɪk/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 12

Definition

  1. verb stop travelling by applying a brake.
  2. verb cause to stop by applying the brakes.
  3. noun a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle.
  4. noun any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants.
  5. noun large coarse fern often several feet high. — synonyms: bracken, pasture_brake, Pteridium_aquilinum
  6. noun an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant.
  7. noun anything that slows or hinders a process.

Examples

  • “The farmer's son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough”
  • “She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car.”
  • “If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.”

Anagrams of BRAKE

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