āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to brake
01
āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to slow down or stop a moving car, etc. by using the brakes
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As the train approached the station, the engineer began to gradually brake to ensure a gentle and precise stop.
āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻļāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§, āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻĒ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to bring a vehicle or object to a slower speed or a complete stop by applying a brake
Transitive: to brake a moving vehicle
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The pilot gently braked the airplane on the runway, smoothly decelerating after a successful landing.
āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¤āĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Brakes must be checked regularly for safety.
02
anything that slows, restrains, or impedes a process or action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Lack of funding was a brake on the project.
03
a dense area of vegetation, usually dominated by one plant type
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The hikers pushed through a brake of brambles.
04
a tall, coarse fern, often several feet high, sometimes considered a weed fern
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Brakes along the path created a natural screen.
05
any fern of the genus Pteris, often pinnately compound and popular as a houseplant
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Brakes are easy to grow indoors with indirect light.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
