Definition of brake

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  • brake is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
  • brake is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
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Definition of brake

  • large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bracken
    2. pasture brake
    3. pteridium aquilinum
  • an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant (noun)
  • any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants (noun)
  • anything that slows or hinders a process (noun)

    Examples

    1. she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage
    2. new legislation will put the brakes on spending
  • a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle (noun)
  • cause to stop by applying the brakes (verb)

    Examples

    1. brake the car before you go into a curve
  • stop travelling by applying a brake (verb)

    Examples

    1. We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road

See definition of brake in Merriam Webster