Crossword-Solution: BRAKE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Brake | - | imp. of Break. |
| Brake | 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. |
| Brake | n. | A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes. |
| Brake | 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. |
| Brake | v. t. | An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine. |
| Brake | v. t. | A baker's kneading though. |
| Brake | v. t. | A sharp bit or snaffle. |
| Brake | v. t. | A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. |
| Brake | v. t. | That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn. |
| Brake | v. t. | An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. |
| Brake | v. t. | A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag. |
| Brake | 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. |
| Brake | 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. |
| Brake | v. t. | A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses. |
| Brake | v. t. | An ancient instrument of torture. |
| Brake | - | of Break |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BRAKE | anagram | BAKER, BREAK, KEBAR |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with BRAKE (5)
Now to th’ ascent of that steep savage Hill _Satan_ had journied on, pensive and slow; But further way found none, so thick entwin’d, As one continu’d brake, the undergrowth Of shrubs and tangling bushes had perplext All path of Man or Beast that past that way: One Gate there onely was, and that look’d East On th’ other side: which when th’ arch-fellon saw Due entrance he disdaind, and in contempt, At one slight bound high overleap’d all bound Of Hill or highest Wall, and sheer within Lights on his feet.
THE HOLLOW AMID THE FERNS The hill opposite one end of Bathsheba’s dwelling extended into an uncultivated tract of land, covered at this season with tall thickets of brake fern, plump and diaphanous from recent rapid growth, and radiant in hues of clear and untainted green.
The tale was told of old Brouwer, a most heretical disbeliever in ghosts, how he met the Horseman returning from his foray into Sleepy Hollow, and was obliged to get up behind him; how they galloped over bush and brake, over hill and swamp, until they reached the bridge; when the Horseman suddenly turned into a skeleton, threw old Brouwer into the brook, and sprang away over the tree-tops with a clap of thunder.
Tesla signed a lucrative contract with the famous railway engineer George Westinghouse, the inventor of the Westinghouse Air Brake which is used by most railways all over the world to the present day.
And now that Folly wears the horn, let Valour rouse himself, and shake his mane; for, if I mistake not, there are company in yonder brake that are on the look-out for us.” “What makes thee judge so?” said the Knight.
Quotes with BRAKE (3)
The insanity of love, and that’s why you’re trying to drive away with the park brake on.
I'm terrified of the thought of time passing (or whatever is meant by that phrase) whether I 'do' anything or not. In a way I may believe, deep down, that doing nothing acts as a brake on 'time's - it doesn't of course. It merely adds the torment of having done nothing, when the time comes when it really doesn't matter if you've done anything or not.
Life without Freedom can't go far…it's like a Brake that stops a car!
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 119 times in crossword archives (1944–2024).