What is the meaning of Brake?

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.

The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle

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.

Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.

An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

  1. The winch of a crossbow.

The winch of a crossbow.

The handle of a pump.

A baker’s kneading trough.

A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.

  1. A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him.
  2. An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
  3. A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.
  4. A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.

A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him.

An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.

A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.

A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.

That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.

To operate a brake or brakes.

To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.

A fern; bracken (Pteridium).

Any fern in the genus Pteris.

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 meaningpedia.)

A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.

To bruise and crush; to knead.

To pulverise with a harrow.

A cage.

A type of torture instrument.

simple past of break

singular past subjunctive of breken

singular present subjunctive of braken

simple past of brough

Source: wiktionary.org