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brakes

The correct spelling is brakes.

How to pronounce brakes

/bɹeɪks/
noun

IPA: /bɹeɪks/

Say it like: Bra-kes

The correct spelling is brakes. 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.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A fern; bracken.
  2. 2.A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
  3. 3.A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
  4. 4.A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
  5. 5.A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.

verb

  1. 1.To bruise and crush; to knead
  2. 2.To pulverise with a harrow
  3. 3.To operate (a) brake(s).
  4. 4.To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.

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