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noun(brake)a device for arresting or preventing the motion of a mechanism usually by means of friction
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noun(brake)something used to slow down or stop movement or activity
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verb(brake)to operate or manage a brake; especially : to apply the brake on a vehicle
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verb(brake)to become checked by a brake
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verb(brake)to slow or stop by or as if by a brake
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noun(brake)the common bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
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noun(brake)a toothed instrument or machine for separating out the fiber of flax or hemp by breaking up the woody parts
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noun(brake)a machine for bending, flanging, folding, and forming sheet metal
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noun(brake)rough or marshy land overgrown usually with one kind of plant
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noun(brake)an act or action of breaking
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noun(brake)the opening shot in a game of pool or billiards
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noun(brake)a gap or opening caused or appearing as if caused by damage : a condition produced by or as if by breaking : gap
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noun(brake)the part of a brake that presses on the wheel when stopping or slowing down a vehicle
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noun(brake)a brake operated by a piston driven by compressed air
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noun(brake)a surface that may be projected into the airstream for increasing drag and lowering the speed of an airplane
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noun(brake)a brake in the hub of the rear wheel of a bicycle operated by reverse pressure on the pedals