Definition of "brake" []

• A device for slowing or stopping motion, as of a vehicle, especially by contact friction. (noun)
• Something that slows or stops action. (noun)
• To reduce the speed of with or as if with a brake. (verb-transitive)
• To operate or apply a brake. (verb-intransitive)
• To be slowed or stopped by or as if by the operation of a brake. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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• "Having your foot on the brake is the equivalent of depressing the clutch."
• "A disc brake is essentially unaffected by the elements and works just as well rain or shine."