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▸ noun:  A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
▸ noun:  The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle
▸ noun:  (engineering) 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.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
▸ noun:  (military) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) The winch of a crossbow.
▸ noun:  (chiefly nautical) The handle of a pump.
▸ noun:  A baker’s kneading trough.
▸ noun:  A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
▸ noun:  A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him.
▸ noun:  An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
▸ noun:  A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.ᵂ
▸ noun:  A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.ᵂ
▸ noun:  That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
▸ noun:  A fern; bracken (Pteridium).
▸ noun:  Any fern in the genus Pteris.
▸ noun:  A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
▸ noun:  (textiles) A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
▸ noun:  A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
▸ noun:  A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To bruise and crush; to knead.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To pulverise with a harrow.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A cage.
▸ noun:  (now historical) A type of torture instrument.
▸ noun:  A surname.

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