brake

Noun
  1. A restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle (synset 102892666)
    is a type of: constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion
    subtypes:
    • 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
  2. Any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants (synset 113234929)
    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 spores
    belongs to: genus pteris, pteris - large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
  3. Large coarse fern often several feet high;
    Essentially weed ferns;
    Cosmopolitan (synset 113210742)
    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 spores
    belongs to: genus pteridium, pteridium - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae
    same as: bracken, pasture brake, pteridium aquilinum
  4. An area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant (synset 108454713)
    is a type of: brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket - a dense growth of bushes
  5. Anything that slows or hinders a process (synset 102892887)
    "she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage"; "new legislation will put the brakes on spending"
    is a type of: constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion
Verb
  1. Stop travelling by applying a brake (synset 201867803)
    "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
    referred to in: driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
    is a type of: halt, stop - come to a halt, stop moving
    verb group: brake - cause to stop by applying the brakes
  2. Cause to stop by applying the brakes (synset 201867579)
    "brake the car before you go into a curve"
    referred to in: driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
    is a type of: stop - cause to stop
    subtypes: skid - apply a brake or skid to
    verb group: brake - stop travelling by applying a brake

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