brake
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9.9
- noun
- /breɪk/
- Archaic
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matorral de helechos
- I'll follow you, I'll lead you about a round, through bog, through bush, through brake, through brier:
Examples
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I'll run from thee and hide me in the brakes, and leave thee to the mercy of wild beasts.
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And it's weary by the Owlswater, sang a myriad of melting voices, and the misty brake fern way.
Fiction book (1993) -
When you have spoken your speech, enter into that brake:
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There was no territory within thirty miles of the camp that he did not know: bayou, ridge, brake, landmark tree, and path.
Fiction book (1997) -
Yet it was no god, but the proto-Sumerians themselves who created the land; they dug channels to water the fields and drain the marsh; they built dykes and mounded platforms to protect men and cattle from the waters and raise them above the flood; they made the first clearings in the reed brakes and explored the channels between them.
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Synonyms
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8.1
A large coarse fern that grows in woods or open land
A large wild fern with many fronds that grows in groups and spreads quickly
A large rough fern that grows in fields and looks like a weed
Compounds
- Specialized
7
3.0
A flat piece in a car that presses the brake disc to slow or stop a wheel
- Specialized
6
2.2
A red light at the back of a car that comes on when you press the pedal to stop
- Specialized
3
3.2
A round metal part beside a wheel that slows the wheel when pads press both sides
- Specialized
1
2.7
A set of parts that make a vehicle like a car slow down or stop when you press the pedal
- Specialized
1
4.2
A layer of firm material on a wheel part that presses on metal to slow a car
- Specialized
1
4.8
A device that stops a vehicle wheel by pressing curved metal pieces inside a round drum
- Specialized
1
4.5
A hollow round metal part on a wheel that brake shoes push against to stop the vehicle
- Specialized
1
4.8
A curved metal block inside a wheel that presses a drum to slow its spin
- Specialized
1
8.6
A small hinged flap or parachute on an aircraft that increases drag to slow descent
- Specialized
A strong flexible strip tightened around a drum or shaft to slow its turning
- Specialized
A part in a car's brake system that holds and pushes brake fluid to make the brakes work
- Specialized
A fern that grows on rocks in northern North America with fronds like parsley
- Archaic
A machine that separates the woody parts of flax stems from the fibers used to make linen
- Specialized
A metal tube in a vehicle that holds fluid and uses a piston to stop the wheels
How Dense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Brake for a fern comes from an old word that also gave us bracken, which means a large patch of ferns. So a brake is a thick area of ferns or undergrowth.