How do you spell Brake
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1) - imp. of Break.
2) n. - A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.
3) n. - A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.
4) v. t. - An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
5) v. t. - An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.
6) v. t. - A baker's kneading though.
7) v. t. - A sharp bit or snaffle.
8) v. t. - A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
9) v. t. - That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
10) v. t. - An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
11) v. t. - A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.
12) v. t. - A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.
13) v. t. - An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
14) v. t. - A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.
15) v. t. - An ancient instrument of torture.
16) v. t. - To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
17) v. i. - To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder.
18) v. i. - To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag.
19) v. i. - To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn.
20) v. i. - To burst forth violently, as a storm.
21) v. i. - To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking.
22) v. i. - To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
23) v. i. - To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.
24) v. i. - To fall in business; to become bankrupt.
25) v. i. - To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop.
26) v. i. - To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty.
27) v. i. - To fall out; to terminate friendship.
28) v. t. - An opening made by fracture or disruption.
29) v. t. - An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship.
30) v. t. - A projection or recess from the face of a building.
31) v. t. - An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current.
32) v. t. - An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation.
33) v. t. - An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc.
34) v. t. - The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn.
35) v. t. - A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
36) v. t. - A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake , n. 9 & 10.
37) n. - See Commutator .
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