brakes Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle
   brake system.
   
2. noun a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
   brake.
   
3. noun any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
   brake.
   
4. noun large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
   bracken; pasture brake; brake; Pteridium aquilinum.
   
5. noun an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
   brake.
   
6. noun anything that slows or hinders a process
   brake.
   
   • she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage
   • new legislation will put the brakes on spending
7. verb stop travelling by applying a brake
   brake.
   
   • We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road
8. verb cause to stop by applying the brakes
   brake.
   
   • brake the car before you go into a curve

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