1. (noun) brake
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
Synonyms: bracken, pasture brake
2. (noun) brake
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
Synonyms: bracken, pasture brake
3. (noun) bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
Synonyms: bracken, pasture brake, brake
4. (noun) brake
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
Synonyms: bracken, pasture brake
5. (verb) brake
anything that slows or hinders a process
Synonyms: bracken, pasture brake
6. (verb) brake
stop travelling by applying a brake
7. (verb) brake
cause to stop by applying the brakes
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