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English noun: brake | |||
| 1. | brake (artifact) a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | constraint, restraint | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brake system, brakes, coaster brake, emergency, emergency brake, hand brake, parking brake, power brake | ||
| Part meronym | wheeled vehicle | ||
| 2. | brake (plant) any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fern | ||
| Member meronym | genus Pteris, Pteris | ||
| 3. | brake (plant) large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan | ||
| Synonyms | bracken, pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fern | ||
| Member meronym | genus Pteridium, Pteridium | ||
| 4. | brake (group) an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket | ||
| 5. | brake (artifact) anything that slows or hinders a process | ||
| Samples | She wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage. New legislation will put the brakes on spending. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | constraint, restraint | ||
English verb: brake | |||
| 1. | brake (motion) stop travelling by applying a brake | ||
| Samples | We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road. | ||
| Examples | These cars won't brake | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | halt, stop | ||
| Verb group | brake | ||
| Domain category | driving | ||
| 2. | brake (motion) cause to stop by applying the brakes | ||
| Samples | Brake the car before you go into a curve. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stop | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | skid | ||
| Verb group | brake | ||
| Domain category | driving | ||
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