A device for slowing or stopping motion, as of a vehicle, especially by contact friction.
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A heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth.
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A lever or handle on a machine such as a pump.
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A machine for bending and folding sheet metal.
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A toothed device for crushing and beating flax or hemp.
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verb
Archaic A past tense of break.
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To retard or stop by or as if by a brake.
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To operate or manage a brake.
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To apply the brake on a vehicle.
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To become checked by a brake.
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verb-intransitive
To be slowed or stopped by or as if by the operation of a brake.
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To operate or apply a brake.
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verb-transitive
To break up (clods of earth) with a harrow.
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To crush (flax or hemp) in a toothed device.
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To reduce the speed of with or as if with a brake.
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