brake : Idioms & Phrases


Air brake

  • . See Air brake, in the Vocabulary.
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american rock brake

  • noun rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
    Cryptogramma acrostichoides; American parsley fern.
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brake band

  • noun a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation
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Brake beamBrake bar

  • the beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite wheels.
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Brake block

  • . (a) The part of a brake holding the brake shoe. (b) A brake shoe.
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brake cylinder

  • noun a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston
    brake cylinder; master cylinder.
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brake disk

  • noun a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads
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brake drum

  • noun a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
    drum.
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brake failure

  • noun brakes fail to stop a vehicle
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brake light

  • noun a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop
    stoplight.
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brake lining

  • noun the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum
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brake pad

  • noun one of the pads that apply friction to both sides of the brake disk
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brake pedal

  • noun foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder
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brake shoe

  • noun a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
    skid; shoe.
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Brake shoe or Brake rubber

  • the part of a brake against which the wheel rubs.
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brake system

  • noun a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle
    brakes.
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Brake wheel

  • a wheel on the platform or top of a car by which brakes are operated.
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Cane brake

  • a thicket of canes. See Canebrake.
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canker brake

  • noun North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
    dagger fern; Polystichum acrostichoides; evergreen wood fern; Christmas fern.
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cliff brake

  • noun any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
    cliff brake; cliff-brake.
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cliff-brake

  • noun any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
    cliff brake; cliff-brake.
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coaster brake

  • noun a brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals
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Continuous brake

  • (Railroad), a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine.
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disc brake

  • noun hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads
    disc brake.
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disk brake

  • noun hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads
    disc brake.
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dive brake

  • noun a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft
    airbrake.
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drum brake

  • noun hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe
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emergency brake

  • noun a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage
    emergency brake; hand brake; emergency.
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Flax brake

  • a machine for removing the woody portion of flax from the fibrous.
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foot brake

  • noun hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal
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Friction brake

  • (Mach.), a form of dynamometer for measuring the power a motor exerts. A clamp around the revolving shaft or fly wheel of the motor resists the motion by its friction, the work thus absorbed being ascertained by observing the force required to keep the clamp from revolving with the shaft; a Prony brake.
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hand brake

  • noun a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage
    emergency brake; hand brake; emergency.
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Hydraulic brake

  • noun brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder; brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoes
    hydraulic brake.
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  • a cataract. See Cataract, 3.
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hydraulic brake cylinder

  • noun a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston
    brake cylinder; master cylinder.
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hydraulic brakes

  • noun brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder; brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoes
    hydraulic brake.
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parking brake

  • noun a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage
    emergency brake; hand brake; emergency.
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pasture brake

  • noun large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
    bracken; brake; Pteridium aquilinum.
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power brake

  • noun 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
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Pump brake

  • . See Pump handle, below.
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purple rock brake

  • noun very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes
    Pellaea atropurpurea.
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Railway brake

  • a brake used in stopping railway cars or locomotives.
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rock brake

  • noun any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
    cliff brake; cliff-brake.
  • noun dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns
  • noun chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia
    American wall fern; rock polypody; Polypodium virgianum.
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shooting brake

  • noun another name for a station wagon
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spider brake

  • noun Asiatic fern introduced in America
    Pteris multifida; spider fern.
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Vacuum brake

  • a kind of continuous brake operated by exhausting the air from some appliance under each car, and so causing the pressure of the atmosphere to apply the brakes.
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