brake
Noun
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is a type of: constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motionsubtypes:
- brake system, brakes - a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle
- coaster brake - a brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals
- emergency, emergency brake, hand brake, parking brake - a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage
- power brake - a brake on an automobile that magnifies a small force applied to the brake pedal into a proportionately larger force applied to slow or stop the vehicle
is a part of: wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people -
is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesbelongs to: genus pteris, pteris - large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
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is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesbelongs to: genus pteridium, pteridium - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae
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is a type of: constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion
Verb
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referred to in: driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animalverb group: brake - cause to stop by applying the brakes
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referred to in: driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animalis a type of: stop - cause to stopsubtypes: skid - apply a brake or skid toverb group: brake - stop travelling by applying a brake
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