brake

[breɪk]

Definition:
1. A restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle.
2. Any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants.
3. Large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan.
4. An area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant.

Use 'brake' in a sentence:

1. A bloke's back bike brake block broke.
2. She pressed her foot down sharply on the brake pedal.
3. Someone had obviously tampered with the brakes of my car.
4. Test your brakes regularly.
5. The brake pedal had just snapped off.
6. The harder the brake pedal is pressed, the greater the car's deceleration.
7. The car in front of me stopped suddenly and I had to brake.
8. The car skidded as he jammed on the brakes.
9. I was driving home when my brakes went.
10. I braked too late and bashed into the car in front.
11. When I wanted to stop my car, the brake wouldn't work.
12. He braked the car and pulled in to the side of the road.
13. I braked too late, bashing into the car in front.
14. Drive slowly, going easy on the gas and brake pedals.
15. The truck fishtailed when Bruun hit the brake.
16. He should not brake the car abruptly on an icy road.
17. "You haven't taken the brake off yet," the man said.
18. The hand brake does not work.
19. I haven't got the feel of the brakes in this car yet.
20. Wade released the hand brake and pulled away from the curb.
21. Illness had put a brake on his progress.
22. That will be a further brake on recovery.
23. You quickly get used to using the brakes.
24. Imagine you enter a car with no steering wheel, no brake or accelerator pedals.
25. The Roadrunner had better power, better tyres, and better brakes.
26. He suddenly stepped on the brake and the car stopped at once.
27. The brakes on my bike failed half way down the hill.
28. I braked at the second corner and changed down to third.
29. The brake of your bicycle has come loose. You'd better fix it.
30. I was surprised by the lack of transmission creep and the fact that the car will roll backward if you take your foot off the brake on an incline.
31. Before going to the gas station to have his tank filled, John had his emergency brake checked and fixed at the service station near the local cinema.
32. Hit the brakes!
33. I'd like to have my emergency brake fixed.
34. You ain't took the brake off yet, "the man said."
35. The car should remain stationary when you take your foot off the brake pedal.
36. I tried to reach the foot brakes but I couldn't.
37. How does the brake act on the paraglider airfoil?
38. He stopped with a squeal of brakes.
39. The truck braked to a halt.
40. More than 3,000 cars were recalled yesterday because of a brake problem.
41. You don't need to brake at every bend.
42. He slammed on the brakes and the car juddered to a halt.
43. He braked suddenly, causing the front wheels to skid.
44. The car braked and swerved.
45. The brakes on this car are shot.
46. You can take the financial brakes off in June.
47. She had to brake hard to avoid running into the car in front.
48. Air will compress but the brake fluid won't.
49. With your right foot still firmly planted on the brake pedal, push the clutch down gently and select reverse.
50. The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman.
51. The accelerator is always on unless you tap the brake button on the lower left.
52. It doesn't have a gearstick but on the road can be controlled with brake and accelerator pedals and a steering wheel like an ordinary car.
53. Imagine you drive a car with no steering wheel, no brake or accelerator pedals.
54. High interest rates are a brake on the economy.