1 a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle:
to put / slam on the brakes * the brake pedal * She stopped with a squeal / screech of the brakes.
seealsoAIRBRAKE, DISCBRAKE, HANDBRAKE
2 ~ (on sth) a thing that stops sth or makes it difficult:
High interest rates are a brake on the economy.
IDIOMS see JAMv.
verb to slow down or make a vehicle slow down using the brake: [V] The car braked and swerved. * The truck braked to a halt. * You don't need to brake at every bend. * She had to brake hard to avoid running into the car in front. * [VN] He braked the car and pulled in to the side of the road.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for brake is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is brake a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, brake is tagged as noun.
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