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Uncommonbrake
The correct spelling is brake.
How to pronounce brake
/bɹeɪk/
nounIPA: /bɹeɪk/
Say it like: Bra-ke
The correct spelling is brake. A fern; bracken. For example: "The farmer's son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough"
Usage Examples
“The farmer's son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough”
“She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car.”
“If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A fern; bracken.
- 2.A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
- 3.A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
- 4.A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
- 5.A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.
verb
- 1.To bruise and crush; to knead
- 2.To pulverise with a harrow
- 3.To operate (a) brake(s).
- 4.To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
- 5.To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
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