LekhoriLekhoriA device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car.
An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
Certain ferns, including
A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, / To shelter thee from tempest and from rain.
A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.
A cage.
To operate a brake or brakes.
Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler.
A surname.
Origin uncertain; possibly from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German brake (“nose ring, curb, flax brake”), which according to Watkins is related to sense 4 and from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”).
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To bruise and crush; to knead.
The farmer’s son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough
simple past of break
And all the people brake off the golden earrings […]