Brake

Definition:

  • () imp. of Break.
  • (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.
  • (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.
  • (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
  • (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.
  • (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.
  • (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.
  • (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
  • (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
  • (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
  • (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.
  • (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.
  • (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.
  • () of Break

Compare brake with other words:

brake vs. brike

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brake vs. drake

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brake vs. shatter

brake vs. tear

brake vs. trim

brake vs. shear

brake vs. interrupt

brake vs. curb

brake vs. clamp

brake vs. clam

brake vs. impediment

brake vs. dynamometer

brake vs. slough

brake vs. clutch

brake vs. content

brake vs. broke

brake vs. drogue

brake vs. slipper

brake vs. break

brake vs. skid

brake vs. continuous

brake vs. torture

brake vs. cage

brake vs. operate

brake vs. brakesman

brake vs. brakeman

brake vs. carriage

brake vs. cart

ballista vs. brake

brake vs. crossbow

brake vs. enclosure

brake vs. smith

brake vs. horse

brake vs. shoe

brake vs. refractory

brake vs. frame

brake vs. trough

baker vs. brake

brake vs. wheel

brake vs. vehicle

brake vs. stop

brake vs. slow

brake vs. device

brake vs. handle

brake vs. pump

brake vs. winch

brake vs. knead

brake vs. bruise

brake vs. crush

brake vs. plough

brake vs. drag

brake vs. clod

brake vs. harrow

brake vs. hemp

brake vs. machine

brake vs. tool

brake vs. flax

brake vs. brier

brake vs. overgrown

brake vs. thicket

bracken vs. brake

brake vs. fern

brake vs. gripe

brake vs. cow