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- DictionaryBrake/brāk/
noun
- 1. a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels: "he slammed on his brakes"
verb
- 1. make a moving vehicle slow down or stop by using a brake: "drivers who brake abruptly"
The meaning of BRAKE is a device for arresting or preventing the motion of a mechanism usually by means of friction. How to use brake in a sentence. Break and Brake: Remembering Which Is Which.
Brake definition: a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction.. See examples of BRAKE used in a sentence.
BRAKE definition: 1. a device that makes a vehicle go slower or stop, or a pedal, bar, or handle that makes this…. Learn more.
The noun brake is the pedal in the car that stops the vehicle when pressed. When you want to brake, step on the brake)!
Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop. The brakes began locking. A seagull swooped down in front of her car, causing her to slam on the brakes.
BRAKE definition: 1. the part of a vehicle that makes it stop or go more slowly 2. something that stops or slows the…. Learn more.
brake. a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle. She stopped with a squeal/screech of the brakes. brake (on something) a thing that stops something or makes it difficult. High interest rates are a brake on the economy.
brakes, the drums, shoes, tubes, levers, etc., making up such a device on a vehicle.
n. 1. A device for slowing or stopping motion, as of a vehicle, especially by contact friction. 2. Something that slows or stops action. v. braked, brak·ing, brakes. v.tr. To reduce the speed of with or as if with a brake. v.intr. 1. To operate or apply a brake. 2. To be slowed or stopped by or as if by the operation of a brake.
Brake definition: A device for slowing or stopping motion, as of a vehicle, especially by contact friction.
