Image:Disc brake.jpg|thumb|right|Disk brake on a motorcycle.
English
wikipedia|brake

Etymology
From OD. braeke.

Pronunciation
AHD|br�k, IPA|/bɹeɪk/, SAMPA|/breIk/
audio|en-us-brake.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|eɪk

Homophones
break

Noun
en-noun

1. A device used to slow or stop a vehicle, by friction; often installed on the wheels.
2. something that slows or stops an action
3. nautical the handle, manned by up to six men, by which a ship's pump was worked
4. a thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
5. A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia:Brake (box and pan)|wikipedia.)

Related terms
air brake
antilock brake
caliper brake
disc brake
emergency brake
foot brake
hand brake
parking brake

Translations

Arabic: ��ابح
Albanian: frenë f
Basque: galga
Catalan: fre m
Chinese: �车 (shache)
Croatian: ko�nica f
Czech: brzda f (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
Danish: bremse
Dutch: rem (1)
Esperanto: bremsilo (1)
Finnish: jarru (1)
French: frein m (1)
German: Bremse f (1)
Greek: �έδη f (1)
Hebrew: ����� (blamym) m|p (1)
Hungarian: fék
mid
Indonesian: rem (1)
Italian: freno m (1, 2)
Japanese: ���� (bur�ki) (1)
Latvian: bremze f (1)
Polish: hamulec m (1)
Russian: �о�моз m (tórmoz) (1)
Slovak: brzda f (1)
Slovene: zavora f (1)
Spanish: freno m (1)
Telugu: బ�ర��� (braeku)
Ukrainian: гал�мо (halmó) n

Verb
en-verb|brak|ing

1. To operate a brake.
2. To be stopped or slowed, as if by a brake.
3. archaic past tense of break

#* Exodus 32:3, KJV: And all the people brake off the golden earrings...

Translations

Arabic: ��بح
Dutch: remmen
Esperanto: bremsi
Finnish: jarruttaa
French: freiner
German: bremsen
Hebrew: ����� (livlom) (1)
mid
Italian: frenare
Latvian: bremz�t (1)
Russian: �о�мози�� (tormozít'), perf за�о�мози�� (zatormozít')
Slovak: brzdiť, zabrzdiť
Telugu: �ప� (aapu)
Ukrainian: гал�м�ва�и (halmuváty), perf загал�м�ва�и (zahalmuváty)

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