what does brake mean?
BRAKE as NOUN
- 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
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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- 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
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