BRAKE
Brake
A brake is a mechanical device which inhibits motion. The rest of this article is dedicated to various types of vehicular brakes.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Brake
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brake
Noun
Noun (etymology 2)
Noun (etymology 3)
- A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
- A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See .)
- A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.
Noun (etymology 4)
- The winch of a crossbow.
- The handle of a pump.
- A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, by friction; also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
- Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
- The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle
- A baker's kneading trough.
- A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him.
- An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
- That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
- An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
- An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
- A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.
Noun (etymology 5)
Verb
- To bruise and crush; to knead
- ''The farmer's son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough
- To pulverise with a harrow
Verb (etymology 2)
- To operate (a) brake(s).
- To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
Verb (etymology 3)
brake
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