| NOUN | artifact | brake | a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle |
|---|---|---|---|
| plant | brake | any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants | |
| plant | brake, bracken, pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum | large coarse fern often several feet high | |
| group | brake | an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant | |
| artifact | brake | anything that slows or hinders a process | |
| VERB | motion | brake | stop travelling by applying a brake |
| motion | brake | cause to stop by applying the brakes |
| Sounds | brey'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ache ... wake / Wake: 58 rhymes with eyk... | |
| Meaning | A restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | wheeled vehicle | A vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people |
| Narrower | brake system, brakes | A braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle |
| coaster brake | A brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals | |
| hand brake, emergency, emergency brake, parking brake | A brake operated by hand | |
| power brake | A brake on an automobile that magnifies a small force applied to the brake pedal into a proportionately larger force applied to slow or stop the vehicle | |
| Broader | restraint, constraint | A device that retards something's motion / motion |
| Spanish | freno | |
| Catalan | fre | |
| Verbs | brake | cause to stop by applying the brakes |
| brake | stop travelling by applying a brake | |
| Meaning | Any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants. | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | Pteris, genus Pteris | large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics |
| Broader | fern | Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward |
| Spanish | matorral | |
| Meaning | large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | bracken, pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum | |
| Member of | Pteridium, genus Pteridium | A genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae |
| Broader | fern | Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward |
| Spanish | pteridium | |
| Adjectives | braky | abounding with bracken |
| Meaning | An area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket | A dense growth of bushes |
| Spanish | soto | |
| Catalan | bosquina | |
| Adjectives | braky | covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth |
| Meaning | Anything that slows or hinders a process. | |
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| Examples |
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| Broader | restraint, constraint | A device that retards something's motion / motion |
| Meaning | stop travelling by applying a brake. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Model | These cars won't brake | |
| Example | "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road" | |
| Category | driving | The act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal |
| Broader | stop, halt | Come to a halt, stop moving |
| Similar to | brake | Cause to stop by applying the brakes |
| Spanish | frenar | |
| Nouns | brake | a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle |
| Meaning | Cause to stop by applying the brakes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "brake the car before you go into a curve" | |
| Category | driving | The act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal |
| Narrower | skid | apply a brake or skid to |
| Broader | stop | Cause to stop |
| Similar to | brake | stop travelling by applying a brake |
| Spanish | frenar | |
| Catalan | frenar | |
| Nouns | brake | a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle |
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