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| 1. | [ noun ] (transportation) a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle | |
| Related terms: | restraint brake_system hand_brake airbrake coaster_brake wheeled_vehicle | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (botany) any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants | |
| Related terms: | fern Pteris | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (botany) large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan | |
| Synonyms: | pasture_brake Pteridium_aquilinum bracken | |
| Related terms: | fern Pteridium | |
| 4. | [ verb ] cause to stop by applying the brakes | |
| Examples: | "brake the car before you go into a curve" |
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| Related terms: | stop skid driving | |
| 5. | [ verb ] stop travelling by applying a brake | |
| Examples: | "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road" |
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| Related terms: | stop driving | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5756 | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (botany) an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant | |
| Related terms: | brush | |
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Breakey break broke Brooke Brekke Brickey Bryaceae Bryce Brack braga Brage braky Brase braze Breck Brees Breiz Brice Brick brisk brace Brose brusk broca Broce Brock brusa Bruck bruce Brouk brook Brazee breach Breaux Brixey Breece Broach Breese breeze breezy Brokaw Bresee Bracey Briese breech Bressi breccia Brouse brogue brescia Brazeau browse braque braise bruise brewage |
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