Meaning of brake

Definition of brake

(noun) a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle

any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants

large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant

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"

(verb) stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"

cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"

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