Definition of "brake"
- noun
A type of machine for bending sheet metal.
The handle of a pump.
Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle.
- verb
To bruise and crush; to knead.
To pulverise with a harrow.
To operate (a) brake(s).
To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
Simple past tense and past participle of break.
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