brake

Etymology 1
Origin ; possibly from or, which according to Watkins is related to  and from.

Noun

 * 1) A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
 * 2) The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
 * 5)  An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
 * 6)  The winch of a crossbow.
 * 7)  The handle of a pump.
 * 8) A baker's kneading trough.
 * 9) A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
 * 10) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him.
 * 11) An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
 * 12) * 1868, March 7, The Illustrated London News, number 1472, volume 52, “Law and Police”, page 223:
 * He was shooting, and the field where the [cock-fighting] ring was verged on the shooting-brake where the rabbits were.
 * 1) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.undefined
 * 2) A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.undefined
 * 3) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
 * 1) * 1868, March 7, The Illustrated London News, number 1472, volume 52, “Law and Police”, page 223:
 * He was shooting, and the field where the [cock-fighting] ring was verged on the shooting-brake where the rabbits were.
 * 1) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.undefined
 * 2) A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.undefined
 * 3) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
 * 1) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
 * 1) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.

Derived terms

 * air-braked
 * antilock brake|bread brake
 * autobrake
 * band brake
 * brake band
 * brake block
 * brake cylinder
 * brake disc
 * brake drum
 * brake dust
 * brake fade
 * brake fluid
 * brakegear, brake gear
 * brake harrow
 * brake horsepower
 * brake light
 * brake line
 * brake lining
 * brake pad, brakepad
 * brake pedal
 * brake shoe, brakeshoe
 * brake tender
 * brake van
 * brake wheel
 * brakey
 * caliper brake
 * disc brake
 * drum brake
 * dynamic brake
 * emergency brake
 * foot brake
 * friction brake
 * hand brake, handbrake
 * independent brake
 * jake brake
 * parabrake
 * parking brake
 * press brake
 * Prony brake
 * put the brakes on
 * rail brake
 * regenerative brake
 * rim brake
 * sand brake
 * service brake
 * spoon brake
 * strap brake
 * track brake
 * tread brake
 * unbraked
 * V brake
 * vacuum brake
 * water brake
 * Westinghouse brake
 * wheelbrake
 * ABS brake|back pedal brake|brake assembly|brake bias|brake check|brake mean effective pressure|brake noodle|brake press|brake test|cane brake|coaster brake|dead man's brake|deadman's brake|e-brake|muzzle brake|ribbon brake|shooting brake|shooting-brake}}
 * Westinghouse brake
 * wheelbrake
 * ABS brake|back pedal brake|brake assembly|brake bias|brake check|brake mean effective pressure|brake noodle|brake press|brake test|cane brake|coaster brake|dead man's brake|deadman's brake|e-brake|muzzle brake|ribbon brake|shooting brake|shooting-brake}}

Translations

 * Afar: faréen
 * Albanian: frenë
 * Arabic: فَرَمَلَة, مِكْبَح
 * Hijazi Arabic: فَرامل
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: galga
 * Belarusian: то́рмаз, гальмо́, гальма́ч
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎦᏅᏠᏍᏗ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:, 逼力
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Min Nan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: bremsilo,
 * Estonian: pidur
 * Faroese: bremsa
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: slaif, fren, sierae
 * Galician:, trabán
 * Georgian: მუხრუჭი
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew: בלמים
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 制動機
 * Kazakh: тормез
 * Khmer: ហ្វ្រ័ង, ហ្វ្រាំង
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz: тормоз
 * Lao: ຫ້າມລໍ້
 * Latin: sufflāmen
 * Latvian: bremze
 * Lithuanian: stabdys
 * Macedonian: кочница
 * Malay:
 * Maori: pereki
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: chabot
 * Norwegian: brems
 * Occitan:
 * Oromo: fireenii
 * Persian:
 * Dari Persian: ,
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Brams, Bräk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: frain, frein, fragn
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кочница
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: breki
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: preno
 * Tajik: тормоз
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:, eğleç
 * Turkmen: tormoz
 * Ukrainian: гальмо́
 * Urdu: بریک
 * Uyghur: تورمۇز
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh: brêc, breciau


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кочница
 * Roman:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: Geckstock,, Pumpengeck, Pumpenschwengel
 * Italian: manovella della tromba
 * Portuguese: embalete
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: guimbalete
 * Swedish:


 * Albanian:
 * Basque:
 * Slovak: (1)
 * Telugu:

Verb

 * 1)  To operate (a) brake(s).
 * 2)  To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:stop
 * See also Thesaurus:stop

Translations

 * Arabic: فَرْمَلَ, َكَبَح
 * Armenian: արգելակել
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 剎車
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: brzdit
 * Dutch: remmen, op de rem staan/trappen
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ამუხრუჭებს
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ブレーキをかける
 * Latin: sufflāminō
 * Latvian: bremzēt
 * Norman: êtreindre lé chabot
 * Occitan:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: freiar,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: brzdiť
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: piga breki
 * Swedish:
 * Tibetan: འཁོར་ལོ་བཀག
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: гальмува́ти, загальмува́ти
 * Vietnamese:, ,


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: φρέναρα
 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese: freiar
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Esperanto:
 * Slovak: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu:

Etymology 2
Apparently a shortened form of. (Compare, .)

Noun

 * 1) A fern; bracken.
 * 2) Any fern in the genus

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Maori: turawera, titipo
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: adainredyn

Etymology 3
From, first attested in plural form , probably from and influenced by. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.

Derived terms

 * cypress brake

Translations

 * Swedish: bräske

Etymology 4
Late, from , , ; possibly related to.

Noun

 * 1)  A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
 * 2) A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
 * 3) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.

Related terms

 * hackle, ripple, scutch, swingle

Translations

 * Bulgarian: мъначка
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: Flachsbreche
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish: taivutin, levyntaivutin, kulmauskone, kanttikone
 * French: ,
 * German: Abkantbank, Schwenkbiegemaschine

Verb

 * 1)  To bruise and crush; to knead
 * 2)  To pulverise with a harrow
 * 1)  To pulverise with a harrow

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: brage
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ; ; lihdata ;
 * French:
 * German:, brecheln, bracken
 * Ingrian: loukuttaa
 * Khmer:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: bråke
 * Nynorsk: bråke, bråka
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:

Etymology 5
.

Noun

 * 1)  A cage.
 * 2)  A type of torture instrument.

Etymology 6
Inflected forms.