brake

/bɹeɪk/ · noun

Meaning

A fern; bracken.
A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.
To bruise and crush; to knead
To pulverise with a harrow
An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
The handle of a pump.
A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, by friction; also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
A baker's kneading trough.
A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
To operate (a) brake(s).
To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
A cage.
A type of torture instrument.
To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
To ruin financially.

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