brake
nouns
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
is a part of
a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people
"the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"
is a type of (narrower)
a device that retards something's motion
"the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
is a member of
large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
is a type of (narrower)
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
is derived from
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
is derived from
anything that slows or hinders a process
"she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage"; "new legislation will put the brakes on spending"
is a type of (narrower)
a device that retards something's motion
"the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
verbs
stop travelling by applying a brake
"We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
cause to stop by applying the brakes
"brake the car before you go into a curve"
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