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brake


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  brake 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  brake 
 
  Sense  2 
  brake 
  =>  skid 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  brake 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  brake 
 
  Sense  2 
  brake 
  =>  skid 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  brake 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  brake 
 
  2  senses  of  brake 
 
  Sense  1 
  brake 
  =>  stop,  halt 
 
  Sense  2 
  brake 
  =>  stop 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  brake 
 
  brake  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  brake 
 
  Sense  1 
  brake 
  =>  stop,  halt 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  brake 
  =>  stop 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  brake 
  airbrake 
  american  rock  brake 
  brake 
  brake  band 
  brake  cylinder 
  brake  disk 
  brake  drum 
  brake  failure 
  brake  light 
  brake  lining 
  brake  pads 
  brake  pedal 
  brake  shoe 
  brake  system 
  brakeman 
  brakes 
  canebrake 
  canker  brake 
  cliff  brake 
  cliffbrake 
  coaster  brake 
  disc  brake 
  disk  brake 
  dive  brake 
  drum  brake 
  emergency  brake 
  foot  brake 
  hand  brake 
  hydraulic  brake 
  hydraulic  brake  cylinder 
  parking  brake 
  pasture  brake 
  purple  rock  brake 
  rock  brake 
  shooting  brake 
  spider  brake 
 
  Overview  of  noun  brake 
 
  The  noun  brake  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  brake  --  (a  restraint  used  to  slow  or  stop  a  vehicle) 
  2.  brake  --  (any  of  various  ferns  of  the  genus  Pteris  having  pinnately  compound  leaves  and  including  several  popular  houseplants) 
  3.  bracken,  pasture  brake,  brake,  Pteridium  aquilinum  --  (large  coarse  fern  often  several  feet  high;  essentially  weed  ferns;  cosmopolitan) 
  4.  brake  --  (an  area  thickly  overgrown  usually  with  one  kind  of  plant) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  brake 
 
  The  verb  brake  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  brake  --  (stop  travelling  by  applying  a  brake;  "We  had  to  brake  suddenly  when  a  chicken  crossed  the  road") 
  2.  brake  --  (cause  to  stop  by  applying  the  brakes) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  brake 
 
  The  noun  brake  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  brake  --  (a  restraint  used  to  slow  or  stop  a  vehicle) 
  2.  brake  --  (any  of  various  ferns  of  the  genus  Pteris  having  pinnately  compound  leaves  and  including  several  popular  houseplants) 
  3.  bracken,  pasture  brake,  brake,  Pteridium  aquilinum  --  (large  coarse  fern  often  several  feet  high;  essentially  weed  ferns;  cosmopolitan) 
  4.  brake  --  (an  area  thickly  overgrown  usually  with  one  kind  of  plant) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  brake 
 
  The  verb  brake  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  brake  --  (stop  travelling  by  applying  a  brake;  "We  had  to  brake  suddenly  when  a  chicken  crossed  the  road") 
  2.  brake  --  (cause  to  stop  by  applying  the  brakes) 



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