BRAKE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
    Hypernyms(s) brake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
    Hypernyms(s) brake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • large coarse fern often several feet high
    • essentially weed ferns
    • cosmopolitan
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) brake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  4. Meaning
    • any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
    Hypernyms(s) brake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

BRAKE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • cause to stop by applying the brakes
    Usage Example(s)
    • brake the car before you go into a curve
    Hypernyms(s) brake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • stop travelling by applying a brake
    Usage Example(s)
    • We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road
    Hypernyms(s) brake is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)