brake
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
politics
transport
war
Etymology: Origin uncertain; possibly from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German brake (“nose ring, curb, flax brake”), which according to Watkins is related to sense 4 and from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”).
Inflected forms:
form: brakes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: break
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
form: brakes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: braking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: braked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: braked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: break
pos: verb
tags: alternative
rare
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car.
You’re pressing the brakes too hard—try just squeezing them.
Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: Give the car a quick brake.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
pos: noun
gloss: An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: The handle of a pump.
pos: noun
gloss: A baker’s kneading trough.
pos: noun
examples: You shall kneade[…]first with handes‥lastly with the brake.
gloss: A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
pos: noun
gloss: A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
pos: noun
examples: He was shooting, and the field where the [cock-fighting] ring was verged on the shooting-brake where the rabbits were.
gloss: A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
pos: noun
gloss: A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
pos: noun
examples: shooting-brake
It had been arranged as part of the day’s programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.
A few moments later they heard the sound of an engine, and a muddy shooting brake appeared on the road behind them.
gloss: That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
pos: noun
gloss: To operate a brake or brakes.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler.
gloss: To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Antonyms: floor it
put the pedal to the metal
redline
accelerate
Derived words: ABS brake
air brake
airbrake
air-braked
antilock brake
autobrake
back pedal brake
band brake
brake assembly
brake band
brake bias
brake block
brake check
brake cylinder
brake disc
brake drum
brake dust
brake fade
brake fluid
brakeforce
brakeful
brakegear
brake gear
brake harrow
brake horsepower
brakeless
brake light
brake line
brake lining
brakeload
brakemaker
brakeman
brakesman
brake mean effective pressure
brake noodle
brake pad
brakepad
brake pedal
brake pipe
brakepipe
brake press
brake shoe
brakeshoe
brake tender
brake test
brake van
brake wheel
brakewoman
brakey
bread brake
brifter
caliper brake
cane brake
clasp brake
coaster brake
deadman's brake
dead man's brake
disc brake
drum brake
dynamic brake
e-brake
emergency brake
foot brake
friction brake
hand brake
handbrake
independent brake
jake brake
muzzle brake
parabrake
parking brake
press brake
Prony brake
put the brakes on
rail brake
regenerative brake
ribbon brake
rim brake
sand brake
service brake
shooting brake
shooting-brake
sledge brake
spoon brake
strap brake
track brake
tread brake
unbraked
vacuum brake
V brake
water brake
Westinghouse brake
wheelbrake
aerobrake
braker
lithobrake
overbrake
unbrake
Translations:
lang: Afar
word: faréen
lang: Albanian
word: frenë
lang: Amharic
word: ፍሬን
roman: fəren
lang: Arabic
word: فَرَمَلَة
roman: faramala
lang: Arabic
word: مِكْبَح
roman: mikbaḥ
lang: Arabic
word: فَرامل
roman: farāmil
lang: Armenian
word: արգելակ
roman: argelak
lang: Azerbaijani
word: əyləc
lang: Basque
word: galga
lang: Belarusian
word: то́рмаз
roman: tórmaz
lang: Belarusian
word: гальмо́
roman: halʹmó
lang: Belarusian
word: гальма́ч
roman: halʹmáč
lang: Bengali
word: ব্রেক
roman: brek
lang: Bulgarian
word: спира́чка
roman: spiráčka
lang: Burmese
word: ဘရိတ်
roman: bha.rit
lang: Catalan
word: fre
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎦᏅᏠᏍᏗ
roman: ganvtlosdi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 逼力
lang: Chinese
word: 跤擋 /跤挡
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 剎車 /刹车
roman: shāchē
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 制動器 /制动器
roman: zhìdòngqì
lang: Czech
word: brzda
lang: Danish
word: bremse
lang: Dutch
word: rem
lang: Dutch
word: remmen
lang: Dutch
word: remmer
lang: Esperanto
word: bremsilo
lang: Esperanto
word: bremso
lang: Estonian
word: pidur
lang: Faroese
word: bremsa
lang: Finnish
word: jarru
lang: French
word: frein
lang: Friulian
word: slaif
lang: Friulian
word: fren
lang: Friulian
word: sierae
lang: Galician
word: freo
lang: Galician
word: trabán
lang: Georgian
word: მუხრუჭი
roman: muxruč̣i
lang: German
word: Bremse
lang: Greek
word: φρένο
roman: fréno
lang: Greek
word: τροχοπέδη
roman: trochopédi
lang: Greek
word: πέδη
roman: pédi
lang: Hebrew
word: בְּלָמִים
roman: b'lamím
lang: Hindi
word: ब्रेक
roman: brek
lang: Hungarian
word: fék
lang: Icelandic
word: bremsa
lang: Ido
word: freno
lang: Indonesian
word: rem
lang: Italian
word: freno
lang: Japanese
word: ブレーキ
roman: burēki
lang: Japanese
word: 制動機
roman: seidōki
lang: Kazakh
word: тормез
roman: tormez
lang: Khmer
word: ហ្វ្រ័ង
roman: frang
lang: Khmer
word: ហ្វ្រាំង
roman: frang
lang: Korean
word: 브레이크
roman: beureikeu
lang: Korean
word: 제동기
roman: jedonggi
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тормоз
roman: tormoz
lang: Lao
word: ຫ້າມລໍ້
roman: hām lǭ
lang: Latin
word: sufflāmen
lang: Latvian
word: bremze
lang: Lithuanian
word: stabdys
lang: Macedonian
word: кочница
roman: kočnica
lang: Malay
word: brek
lang: Māori
word: pereki
lang: Mongolian
word: тоормос
roman: toormos
lang: Norman
word: chabot
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: brems
lang: Occitan
word: fren
lang: Oromo
word: fireenii
lang: Dari
word: بْریک
roman: brēk
lang: Dari
word: تُرْمُز
roman: turmuz
lang: Iranian Persian
word: تُرْمُز
roman: tormoz
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Brams
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Bräk
lang: Polish
word: hamulec
lang: Portuguese
word: freio
lang: Portuguese
word: travão
lang: Romanian
word: frână
lang: Romansh
word: frain
lang: Romansh
word: frein
lang: Romansh
word: fragn
lang: Russian
word: то́рмоз
roman: tórmoz
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ко̏чница
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kȍčnica
lang: Slovak
word: brzda
lang: Slovene
word: zavora
lang: Spanish
word: freno
lang: Spanish
word: arretranca
lang: Spanish
word: breque
lang: Swahili
word: breki
lang: Swedish
word: broms
lang: Tagalog
word: preno
lang: Tajik
word: тормоз
roman: tormoz
lang: Thai
word: เบรก
roman: brèek
lang: Turkish
word: fren
lang: Turkish
word: eğleç
lang: Turkmen
word: tormoz
lang: Ukrainian
word: гальмо́
roman: halʹmó
lang: Urdu
word: بْریک
roman: brek
lang: Uyghur
word: تورمۇز
roman: tormuz
lang: Uzbek
word: tormoz
lang: Vietnamese
word: phanh
lang: Vietnamese
word: thắng
lang: Welsh
word: brêc