(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
Example Sentences:
(1) But, in a sign of tension within the coalition government, the Liberal Democrats home affairs spokesman, Tom Brake, told BBC2's Newsnight that "if [the offenders in question] had committed the same offence the day before the riots, they would not have received a sentence of that nature".
(2) He said: "Advanced economies are still confronted with high levels of public and private debt, which act as brakes on the recovery.
(3) With skills and labour shortages set to continue, there’s a risk that many vacancies will be left unfilled which could act as a brake on output growth in the UK in the years ahead.” The most recent labour market data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that while EU nationals were still arriving in the UK, they were doing so in smaller numbers than in the past.
(4) Koehler confirmed German media reports that the truck had apparently been slowed by an automatic braking system, bringing it to a standstill after 70 to 80 metres (230-260ft) and preventing worse carnage.
(5) Motor-perceptual performance was measured in terms of reaction times taken by subjects to carry out steering, braking and operation of traffic indicators in the simulator.
(6) The technology is also there for green-laning, says Everett – intelligent traffic lights that recognise where traffic is coming from, allowing cars to flow more freely and cutting down on unnecessary braking and restarting, which wastes energy.
(7) Trade-offs among competing selective demands exert the only brake upon perfection; non-optimality is thereby rendered as a result of adaptation as well.
(8) Decc now proposes to include an "emergency brake" mechanism which would close the RHI scheme down as payments approached pre-set levels.
(9) Simulated braking responses have been tested in relation to blood carboxyhemoglobin (HbCO) levels.
(10) The results during wakefulness indicate that the TA contributes to an active adduction of the vocal cords in expiration and suggest the presence of an active laryngeal braking mechanism during exhalation.
(11) The chancellor stressed that Britain’s relationship with the EU would remain unchanged for the time being – and ditched the idea, launched alongside his predecessor Alistair Darling during the campaign – that an emergency budget would be necessary within weeks, as Brexit slams the brakes on the economy.
(12) My assembly report, Braking Point , showed the big advantages of making 20mph the default speed limit for urban areas and, as the previous mayor's road safety ambassador, I pressed for the adoption of the zero-casualty approach applied in Scandinavian countries.
(13) The eastern European nations balked at the “emergency brake” on benefits to EU migrants.
(14) The perturbation consisted of a braking of the treadmill at different phases in the step cycle.
(15) An automatic control system has been integrated in an electronically braked bicycle ergometer, and a pedal unit from Rodby Electronic bicycle ergometer RE 820 has been coupled to a modified test wheelchair.
(16) Here are 10 things that could put the brakes on your mortgage hopes, and how to try and fix them.
(17) Scientists say the drug works by taking the brakes off the immune system.
(18) Less than two months after his arrival at Tesco, Lewis has already put the brakes on three stores as he examines “all aspects of the group in order to improve its competitive position and deliver attractive, sustainable returns for shareholders”.
(19) While the case would bring publicity to the issue of the rights or interests of "non-human persons", something for which some people have been arguing for a long time, if the case fails and there is then case law history against recognising those rights, that would not be helpful for the cause, Brakes warned.
(20) Exercise testing was performed with an electrically braked bicycle ergometer in the supine position, and the load was increased by 25 or 50 watts every two minutes until fatigue, severe angina, more than 0.3 mV ST-segment depression, or 80% of the age predicted maximum heart rate was achieved.
Overgrown
Definition:
(p. p.) of Overgrow
Example Sentences:
(1) But do you know the thing that really bites?” he pointed to his home, which was not visible behind an overgrown hedge.
(2) The organism was readily recovered from the lesions except when overgrown by post mortem contaminants.
(3) Myelograms showed spinal stenosis as a result of atlanto-axial dislocation, or anterior extradural compression from overgrown cartilage and posteriorly dislocated tip of shortened odontoid process.
(4) At surgery, dense adhesions were found within the joint, the articular cartilage was overgrown with pannus extending out to the lateral patella, and there was extensive deformity of the femoral condyle and tibial plateau.
(5) Further investigations have shown that all three B. coagulans-strains, although originating from different sources, were overgrown by B. subtilis.
(6) One of only two artworks on display to feature any colour is Farewell, based on a picture she took of her father looking out from his study into his wild, overgrown back garden for the last time.
(7) After incubation at 22 degrees C for 14 days, the fruits and juices overgrown with mould were homogenized with ethyl acetate and subjected to thinlayer chromatography.
(8) The site of entry is not usually the wound, but the intestinal tract, which becomes overgrown by the yeasts as a consequence of the requisite therapy with antibacterial antibiotics in high dosage.
(9) With Estonia one of the most sparsely populated countries in the EU, the border is largely rural and in many places densely thicketed and overgrown.
(10) • It was a good early spring and early summer for many flowers as the dry weather meant they were not overgrown by vigorous grasses.
(11) The stents were overgrown with tracheal epithelium and, except for granuloma formation, elicited no complications.
(12) The tick has one generation per year and the adult female, which causes almost all paralysis, is abundant in spring and early summer and occurs most commonly in overgrown or regrowth country where bandicoots are abundant.
(13) Additionally, the body weight of children with undeveloped skeleton and muscles was close to the normal and it was due to overgrown fat tissue.
(14) After the growth hormone deficiency had been diagnosed and hormone substitute administered the dental age of the girl presented came closer to that of her age and sex-matched controls but did not reach the corresponding values even though the teeth were exposed by excising the overgrown gingiva.
(15) Ointments and oils can be overgrown only by highly specialized organisms but if there is condensed water as a film at boundary surfaces much more microorganism species can grow.
(16) It was also possible to identify Mycoplasma colonies overgrown by bacterial or fungal contaminants.
(17) The CsA responders had significantly more gingival units overgrown as compared with the Aza responders (P less than 0.005).
(18) Contrary to this, B-max was found to be significantly increased in the overgrown tissue sample compared to normal.
(19) The fibroblasts from normal and overgrown sites were studied in vitro.
(20) I never thought I would be calling for the day when men were men, but liberal democracy hasn’t done a very good job at stopping the overgrown tots, has it?