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Nouns
(n)
brake
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
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(n)
brake
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
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(n)
bracken
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pasture brake
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brake
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Pteridium aquilinum
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
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(n)
brake
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
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(n)
brake
anything that slows or hinders a process
“she was not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage”
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“new legislation will put the brakes on spending”
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Verbs
(v)
brake
stop travelling by applying a brake
“We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road”
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(v)
brake
cause to stop by applying the brakes
“brake the car before you go into a curve”
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