What are some alternative words for brake?
Synonyms for brake
breɪk
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Princeton's WordNet
brake(noun)
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
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bracken, pasture brakebrake(noun)
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
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bracken, pasture brakebracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum(noun)
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
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bracken, pasture brakebrake(noun)
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
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bracken, pasture brakebrake(verb)
anything that slows or hinders a process
"she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage"; "new legislation will put the brakes on spending"
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bracken, pasture brakebrake(verb)
stop travelling by applying a brake
"We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
brake(verb)
cause to stop by applying the brakes
"brake the car before you go into a curve"
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
brake(n)
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thicket
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1038 | stop | |
#6517 | brake | |
#9238 | brakes | |
#10467 | rem | |
#12551 | curb | |
#16523 | obstacle | |
#21794 | braking | |
#40774 | bracken | |
#44966 | hindrance | |
#68777 | disincentive | |
#193649 | frein |
How to use brake in a sentence?
JEV seemed like he was saving energy a lot by that point of the race already, i even thought he had a problem so I went to the inside, he started closing the door and I was ready to really commit to the corner and brake on the inside and pass.
People signaled and I immediately saw the person on the tracks and applied the emergency brake, as the protocol says.
General Motors is voluntarily recalling certain 2014-2018 model year Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Silverado, Chevrolet Suburban, Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Sierra, and GMC Yukon vehicles for a condition related to increased brake pedal effort, in rare circumstances, these vehicles may have a condition in which the engine-mounted mechanical vacuum pump output may decrease over time, decreasing the amount of vacuum/power brake assist.
I suspect most of you here were surprised to learn that only one brake light is required in North Carolina, even if you are from North Carolina.
Deputy Labour Minister Dimitris Stratoulis:
Our government is making every possible effort right now to have a positive deal, which will respect our program, which will respect the main principle of our program since we took power, which is to put a brake on wage and pension cuts.
Translations for brake
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- فَرَمَلَة, مِكْبَح, فَرْمَلَ, َكَبَحArabic
- əyləc, tormozAzerbaijani
- то́рмазBelarusian
- спира́чка, спирамBulgarian
- freCatalan, Valencian
- brzda, brzditCzech
- bremseDanish
- Bremse, bremsenGerman
- φρένο, τροχοπέδη, πέδη, φρέναρα, φρενάρωGreek
- bremso, bremsiloEsperanto
- freno, frenarSpanish
- pidurEstonian
- galgaBasque
- ترمزPersian
- jarru, hidaste, vaivata, hidastua, äestää, levyntaivutin, murskata, jarruttaa, loukuttaa, taivutinFinnish
- bremsaFaroese
- frein, freinerFrench
- בלמים, בלםHebrew
- ब्रेकHindi
- fék, fékezHungarian
- արգելակ, արգելակելArmenian
- remIndonesian
- frenoIdo
- freno, frenareItalian
- ブレーキ, 制動機, [[ブレーキ]]を[[かける]]Japanese
- მუხრუჭიGeorgian
- тормезKazakh
- 제동기, 브레이크Korean
- fregitLatin
- stabdysLithuanian
- bremze, bremzētLatvian
- ко́чницаMacedonian
- remmer, rem, remming, remmen, braken, afremmenDutch
- bremsNorwegian
- frenOccitan
- hamulec, hamowaćPolish
- freio, travão, freiarPortuguese
- fragn, frain, freinRomansh
- frânăRomanian
- то́рмоз, затормози́ть, тормози́тьRussian
- кочница, kočnica, zakočiti, kočitiSerbo-Croatian
- brzdaSlovak
- zavoraSlovene
- bromsaSwedish
- тормозTajik
- เบรกThai
- tormozTurkmen
- frenTurkish
- гальмо́, гальмува́ти, загальмува́тиUkrainian
- بریکUrdu
- tormozUzbek
- phanhVietnamese
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