brake

/bɹˈe‍ɪk/

/ˈbɹeɪk/

to brake

MAIN VERB

to slow down or stop a moving car, etc. by using the brakes

stop travelling by applying a brake

Brake

a device used to slow down or stop the movement of a vehicle or machine

anything that slows or hinders a process

an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant

large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

synonyms : bracken

any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants

Examples

1. Hit the brakes!

2. The city has put the brakes on further spending.

3. Taxi apparently jammed the brake, but it still the van's fault for not keeping a safe distance.

4. He felt for the brake pedal with his foot while driving.