Synonym: curb, decelerate, slow down, stop. Similar words: brand, branch, brand new, embrace, celebration, take, bake, make. Meaning: [breɪk] n. 1. a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle 2. any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants 3. large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan 4. an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant. v. 1. stop travelling by applying a brake 2. cause to stop by applying the brakes.
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61. He stabbed the brake, stabbed too hard, and his back wheels slurred in the dirt.
62. The coach in front of Fenn's hired car came to a halt and he reluctantly eased his foot down on the brake pedal.
63. I turned into a gentle left hand bend, saw a queue of cars ahead and hit the brake.
64. She made the classic mistake of trying to drive away without releasing the hand brake.
65. Chain your steering wheel to the clutch, brake pedal or a seat.
66. The filler is on top of the box on a small square plate just in front of the hand brake drum.
67. The brake pedal likewise; when fitted with anti-lock brakes, pedal response is woefully mushy.
68. As she peered ahead of her, something shot across the road in front of the car, forcing her to brake sharply.
69. Unfortunately, widespread foot-dragging continues to act as a brake on debt relief.
70. He tried to brake with this ice-axe but started turning great cartwheels, bouncing all the way down.
71. I endeavored to brake, but succeeded only in causing the most extreme and painful sensations under my fingernails.
72. And slid down, unable to brake himself, breaking one bone then another.
73. She had to brake hard to avoid a milk-float that loomed ahead of her suddenly.
74. Trash fluttered in the red glow of the brake light in the rearview.
75. There were brake shoes acting both on the wheels and on the track.
76. The oil is getting into the wheel bearings and forcing grease past the oil seal and on to the brake shoes.
77. As the taxi-driver played the brake and accelerator game and jolted him through the dark London streets, Mark considered his position.
78. He must remember not to hit the brake too hard; it would lock the rear wheel and lay the bike down.
79. The automatic vacuum brake was fitted in conjunction with a hand brake for the guard's use.
80. The brakes consisted of two inefficient rear brakes and one transmission front brake, usually full of oil.
81. Grants Power steering, automatic transmissions, hand-controlled accelerator and brake and swivel seats are often required.
82. She had to brake suddenly to avoid a dog in the road.
83. As the bus arrived at the airport a shooting brake drew up and a party of nuns got out of it.
84. As I rode away, I noticed that the front disc brake still faded erratically.
85. Seasoned observers have no doubt that the vocal response of so many has been instrumental in applying a brake.
86. He almost missed the turning off the taxiway to the runway and had to brake hard at the last minute.
87. If the engineer does not brake his train, a warning bell is set off(Sentencedict.com ), followed by an application of brakes.
88. She had to stoop again for the case, and so she caught sight of the pool of brake fluid at once.
89. The brake pedal is on the right, the accelerator in the middle.
90. So even with the brake pedal to the floor on wet roads, you can still retain steering control.