Brake ¹

Definition: imp. of Break.

Brake ²

Definition: A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.

Brake ³

Definition: A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.

Brake ⁴

Definition: An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

Brake ⁵

Definition: An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.

Brake ⁶

Definition: A sharp bit or snaffle.

Brake ⁷

Definition: A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.

Brake ⁸

Definition: That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.

Brake ⁹

Definition: An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

Brake ¹⁰

Definition: A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.

Brake ¹¹

Definition: A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.

Brake ¹²

Definition: 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.

Brake ¹³

Definition: A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.

Brake ¹⁴

Definition: An ancient instrument of torture.

Brake ¹⁵

Definition: of Break

brake ¹⁶

Definition: a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle

brake ¹⁷

Definition: an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant

brake ¹⁸

Definition: large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

brake ¹⁹

Definition: any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants

brake ²⁰

Definition: cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"

brake ²¹

Definition: stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"