BRAKES
/bɹeɪks/
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Scrabble
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WWF
B(3) R(1) A(1) K(5) E(1) S(1)
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Definition
/bɹeɪks/
noun
- A fern; bracken.
noun
- A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
noun
- A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
- A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
- A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.
verb
- To bruise and crush; to knead“The farmer's son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough”
- To pulverise with a harrow
noun
- An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
- The handle of a pump.
- A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, by friction; also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.“She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car.”
- A baker's kneading trough.
- A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
verb
- To operate (a) brake(s).
- To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
noun
- A cage.
- A type of torture instrument.
Source: Wiktionary
