[
US
/ˈbɹeɪk/
]
[ UK /bɹˈeɪk/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈeɪk/ ]
VERB
-
cause to stop by applying the brakes
brake the car before you go into a curve -
stop travelling by applying a brake
We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road
NOUN
-
anything that slows or hinders a process
she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage
new legislation will put the brakes on spending - an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
How To Use brake In A Sentence
- The aerobrake - a huge, convex disc underneath the spacecraft - was producing friction with the Martian atmosphere.
- Yes, the gearbox was a bit saggy and I was alarmed at how much pressure the brake pedal needed to do an emergency stop, but other than this, all was well.
- The driver braked abruptly, causing the car to skid a little.
- Under the cover of darkness, exotic sports cars come alive with red-hot glowing brakes, flaming exhausts and sparks from contact as drivers battle both the elements and other drivers.
- The filler is on top of the box on a small square plate just in front of the hand brake drum.
- Most fault conditions will set a ABS fault code in the CAB (controller anti-lock brake), which can be retrieved to aid in fault diagnosis.
- Hits With a second chain brake system, this saw is extremely safe. Stihl MS 280 C-BQ chain saw
- In the 1970's the two-way radio made a big difference in making up trains and the brakeman were no longer giving signals with lanterns and lighted fuzees.
- I suggest you check that your stop lights work when you press the brake pedal.
- With a screeching halt, the driver stepped on the brake just in front of the run-down apartment building that Adrian now called home.