brake
24
3.4
- noun
- /breɪk/
- Quarantine forced me to pause and stop and put on the brakes and realize I must.
- put the brakes on
- act as a brake
- serve as a brake
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Watch on YouTubeIn OCD, the brake doesn't work quite as well.
- In OCD, the brake doesn't work quite as well.
- So you can think of APC as one of the genes that's the brake on wind signaling, OK.
- And so man, somebody to be able to pump the brakes on this driver is so critical.
- But one thing that is true for most people is that stress hits our brakes.
- This is what they did in Finland and Sweden and England, and this is what led to them pumping the brakes on pediatric medical transition.
- But there's another receptor on the antigen presenting cell that binds to that and that acts as the brakes in the reaction.
- And they can have the, and the kids don't like kick their butt, parents butt cause kids don't have brakes, brake pads on their brains.
- I I don't know what aura I can give off to like, let a person know, like, pump your brakes.
Examples
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Thus, the market itself can act as a brake on inefficient institutions while encouraging the success of efficient ones.
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The speed, the weather conditions decide how much brake power to put on.
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If either component gets ahead, it can act as a brake on the other.
Academic text (2013) -
Since then, gravity has been acting as a brake on the expansion.
Academic text (2006) -
Negative feedback puts the brakes on processes with positive feedback, shaping them to create a pattern.
Academic text (2003) -
Such astronomic debt has put a severe brake on the continent's ability to import additional weapons.
Academic text (1992) -
An optional air-brake system can bring a heavy load to a secure stop at a predetermined point.
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The new regulations acted as a brake on the company's expansion plans.
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High interest rates can serve as a brake on economic growth.
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These barriers are a brake on the development of new technologies.
Synonyms
148
1.5
A part that makes a vehicle slow down or stop when you press it
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
9
2.2
A red light at the back of a car that comes on when you press the pedal to stop
- Specialized
8
3.0
A flat piece in a car that presses the brake disc to slow or stop a wheel
- Specialized
4
2.7
A set of parts that make a vehicle like a car slow down or stop when you press the pedal
- Specialized
2
3.2
A round metal part beside a wheel that slows the wheel when pads press both sides
- Specialized
1
4.8
A device that stops a vehicle wheel by pressing curved metal pieces inside a round drum
- Specialized
1
4.8
A curved metal block inside a wheel that presses a drum to slow its spin
- Specialized
1
4.5
A hollow round metal part on a wheel that brake shoes push against to stop the vehicle
- Specialized
1
3.3
A flat metal plate on a wheel that special pads press to slow the wheel
- Specialized
1
8.6
A small hinged flap or parachute on an aircraft that increases drag to slow descent
- Specialized
1
4.1
A system that uses liquid pressure to push pads and stop a vehicle
- Specialized
1
4.2
A layer of firm material on a wheel part that presses on metal to slow a car
- Specialized
1
7.8
A strong flexible strip tightened around a drum or shaft to slow its turning
- Specialized
1
3.7
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 Restrictive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Brake in the sense of a thing that holds back comes from the same idea as the tool: something that slows movement. So calling something a brake on progress means it 'slows' development.