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brake []

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Hungarian (2)

fék [fˈeːk]

v fékez [fˈeːkɛz]

Finnish (3)

v hidastaa [hˈidastaː]

v jarruttaa [jˈarɹutːaː]

jarru [jˈarɹu]

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Wiktionary (16)

n A fern; bracken. (defdate|from 14th c.)

n A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc. (defdate|from 15th c.)

n A tool used for breaking flax or hemp. (defdate|from 15th c.)

n A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia:Brake (box and pan)|wikipedia.)

v (transitive) To bruise and crush; to knead

v (transitive) To pulverise with a harrow

n (obsolete) The winch of a crossbow. (defdate|14th-19th c.)

n (context|chiefly|_|nautical) The handle of a pump.

n 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. (defdate|from 18th c.)

n (figuratively) Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.

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

v (intransitive) To operate (a) brake(s).

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

n (obsolete) A cage. (defdate|16th-17th c.)

n (context|now|_|historical) A type of torture instrument. (defdate|from 16th c.)

v (archaic) (past of|break)