brakes Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle
    brake system.
  2. noun a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
    brake.
  3. noun any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
    brake.
  4. noun large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
    bracken; pasture brake; brake; Pteridium aquilinum.
  5. noun an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
    brake.
  6. noun anything that slows or hinders a process
    brake.
    • she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage
    • new legislation will put the brakes on spending
  7. verb stop travelling by applying a brake
    brake.
    • We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road
  8. verb cause to stop by applying the brakes
    brake.
    • brake the car before you go into a curve

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