brake
English Thesaurus
1. a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | constraint, restraint, |
| definition | : | a device that retards something's motion (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | brake system, brakes, |
| definition | : | a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | coaster brake, |
| definition | : | a brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | power brake, |
| definition | : | a brake on an automobile that magnifies a small force applied to the brake pedal into a proportionately larger force applied to slow or stop the vehicle (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | wheeled vehicle, |
| definition | : | a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people (noun.artifact) |
2. anything that slows or hinders a process (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | constraint, restraint, |
| definition | : | a device that retards something's motion (noun.artifact) |
3. an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant (noun.group)
4. large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fern, |
| definition | : | any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus pteridium, pteridium, |
| definition | : | a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae (noun.plant) |
5. any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fern, |
| definition | : | any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus pteris, pteris, |
| definition | : | large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae (noun.plant) |
6. cause to stop by applying the brakes (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | stop, |
| definition | : | cause to stop (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | skid, |
| definition | : | apply a brake or skid to (verb.motion) |
| verb group | : | brake, |
| definition | : | stop travelling by applying a brake (verb.motion) |
| domain category | : | driving, |
| definition | : | the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal (noun.act) |
7. stop travelling by applying a brake (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | halt, stop, |
| definition | : | come to a halt, stop moving (verb.motion) |
| verb group | : | brake, |
| definition | : | cause to stop by applying the brakes (verb.motion) |
| domain category | : | driving, |
| definition | : | the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal (noun.act) |
8. a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | brake, |
| definition | : | cause to stop by applying the brakes (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | brake, |
| definition | : | stop travelling by applying a brake (verb.motion) |
9. an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant (noun.group)
| derivation | : | braky, brambly, |
| definition | : | covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth (adj.all) |
10. large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan (noun.plant)
| derivation | : | braky, |
| definition | : | abounding with bracken (adj.all) |
11. cause to stop by applying the brakes (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | brake, brake, |
| definition | : | a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle (noun.artifact) |
12. a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | brake, |
| definition | : | cause to stop by applying the brakes (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | brake, |
| definition | : | stop travelling by applying a brake (verb.motion) |
13. an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant (noun.group)
| derivation | : | braky, brambly, |
| definition | : | covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth (adj.all) |
14. large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan (noun.plant)
| derivation | : | braky, |
| definition | : | abounding with bracken (adj.all) |
15. cause to stop by applying the brakes (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | brake, brake, |
| definition | : | a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle (noun.artifact) |
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