brake

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Brake

brake is on the Basic English 850 List.

brain - brake - branch

Pronunciation

• enPR: brāk, IPA ^(key): /breɪk/
• SAMPA: /breIk/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophone: break

Noun

Singular brake

Plural brakes

1. (countable) The part of an object that makes it slow down.

   The crash was caused by the car's brakes failing.

Verb

Plain form brake

Third-person singular brakes

Past tense braked

Past participle braked

Present participle braking

1. To make an object slow down using brakes.

   Jimmy braked to avoid hitting the cat.