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brake

/ brake /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
Type of:
restraint constraint
Kinds of:
airbrake brake system brakes coaster brake hand brake
Has parts:
wheeled vehicle
noun Sense 2
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
Type of:
brush brushwood coppice
noun Sense 3
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
Type of:
fern
Has parts:
Pteris genus Pteris
verb Sense 4
cause to stop by applying the brakes
"brake the car before you go into a curve"
Type of:
stop
Kinds of:
skid
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Domain:
driving
verb Sense 5
stop travelling by applying a brake
"We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
Type of:
stop halt
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
driving
noun Sense 6
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
Type of:
fern
Has parts:
Pteridium genus Pteridium
Semantic Complexity
88%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
21
Times Searched
21
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restraint constraint airbrake brake system brakes coaster brake hand brake brush brushwood coppice fern stop