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      brake
      noun
      A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
      The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle
      (engineering) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
      (figuratively) Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
      (military) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
      (chiefly nautical) The handle of a pump.
      A baker’s kneading trough.
      A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
      A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing it.
      An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
      A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.ᵂ
      A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.ᵂ
      That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
      Certain ferns, including
      Any fern in the genus Pteris.
      Bracken (Pteridium spp.).
      A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
      A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
      (agriculture) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth after ploughing; a drag.
      (textiles) A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
      A surname.
      (obsolete) The winch of a crossbow.
      (obsolete) A cage.
      (now historical) A type of torture instrument.
      verb
      (intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.
      (intransitive) To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
      (transitive) To bruise and crush; to knead.
      (transitive) To pulverise with a harrow.
      Synonyms for brake
      dampern
      Words related to brake
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