Real Dictionary

brake
countable noun: Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.

brake in American English 1
a toothed implement for beating or crushing flax or hemp so that the fiber can be separated
intransitive verb: to use or run a brake
noun: a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction
transitive verb: to slow or stop by means of or as if by means of a brake

brake in American English 2
any of a genus (Pteris) of coarse tropical ferns (family Polypodiaceae) used commonly as a houseplant
noun: a place overgrown with bushes, brambles, or cane

brake in American English 3
a clump or area of brushwood, briers, etc.; thicket
noun: any of several large or coarse ferns, esp. the bracken Pteridium aquilinum

brake in American English 4
break
verb

brake in Automotive Engineering 1
noun: Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.

brake in Automotive Engineering 2
When a vehicle or its driver brakes, or when a driver brakes a vehicle, the driver makes it slow down or stop by using the brakes.

brake in British English 1
noun: a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle, wheel, shaft, etc, or for keeping it stationary, esp by means of friction

brake in British English 2
noun: an area of dense undergrowth, shrubs, brushwood, etc; thicket

brake in British English 3
noun

brake in British English 4
verb