Nouns

(n)brakea restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
(n)brakeany of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
(n)bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinumlarge coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
(n)brakean area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
(n)brakeanything that slows or hinders a process“she was not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage”, “new legislation will put the brakes on spending”

Verbs

(v)brakestop travelling by applying a brake“We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road”
(v)brakecause to stop by applying the brakes“brake the car before you go into a curve”