brake A2 Topic:Transportation US /bɹeɪk/ See IPA manual Homophones break /bɹeɪk/ Freq #6304 Meanings 1 noun A device that slows down or stops a wheel or vehicle. She slammed on the brakes when a child ran into the road. 2 verb To make a vehicle slow down or stop by using the brakes. He braked hard to avoid the dog in the road. 3 noun Something that slows down or stops a process. Rising prices put the brakes on consumer spending. Thesaurus ↔ Opposites accelerateredline Word family Forms brakedbrakesbraking Derived forms aerobrakeair-brakedairbrakeautobrakebrakeagebrakeforcebrakefulbrakegearbrakelessbrakeloadbrakemakerbrakeman Related forms hackleripplescutchswingle Common collocations brake cylinder Noun + noun Etymology AI details Late Middle English, from Middle Low German brake, Dutch braak, Old Dutch braeke; possibly related to sense 1. brake gml braak Dutch braeke odt View etymology graph -> Topics Transportation Tools, Machines & Construction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # brake **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /bɹeɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 6304 ## Meanings 1. A device that slows down or stops a wheel or vehicle. 2. To make a vehicle slow down or stop by using the brakes. 3. Something that slows down or stops a process. ## Examples - She slammed on the brakes when a child ran into the road. - He braked hard to avoid the dog in the road. - Rising prices put the brakes on consumer spending. ## Antonyms - accelerate - redline ## Derived Forms - aerobrake - air-braked - airbrake - autobrake - brakeage - brakeforce - brakeful - brakegear - brakeless - brakeload - brakemaker - brakeman ## Related Forms - hackle - ripple - scutch - swingle ## Roots and Affixes - Root: brake - Root: braak - Root: braeke ## Etymology Late Middle English, from Middle Low German brake, Dutch braak, Old Dutch braeke; possibly related to sense 1. ## AI Etymology Brake is from Late Middle English, from Middle Low German brake, Dutch braak, Old Dutch braeke; possibly related to sense 1. ## Topics - Transportation - Tools, Machines & Construction markdown