as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
built a small shelter in the brake to watch for deer
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as in to slow
to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace
braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us
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Recent Examples of brake
Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Maintain vehicle brakes and tires and secure tow chains to avoid dragging.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
According to reports, police alleged Lacy crossed a center line in an attempt to pass slower vehicles, which caused a pickup truck driver to brake and swerve to avoid Lacy’s car.
—CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The motor disengages or ceases to function when the brakes are applied or the throttle is released.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Maintain vehicle brakes and tires and secure tow chains to avoid dragging.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
His muscles will be worn to the fiber, asked to consistently chase and brake and crowd some of the league’s best perimeter players.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
According to reports, police alleged Lacy crossed a center line in an attempt to pass slower vehicles, which caused a pickup truck driver to brake and swerve to avoid Lacy’s car.
—CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brake
Noun
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In 2006, protestors occupied a grove of oak trees slated to be cut down for the construction of a new athletic center.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Gardens at Lake Merritt were built in the 1950s and feature 7 acres of idyllic water-and-forested space including bonsai and rhododendron groves.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Duffy, however, added that the absences were isolated, and the agency is prepared to slow air traffic as needed to meet controller staffing levels.—
John Tufts,
Freep.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Whether this backlash will slow the data center boom, blacken the reputation of AI companies and their products with users, or hasten the roll-out of AI regulation globally remains to be seen.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.—
Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2021
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.—
Eric Toensmeier,
Scientific American,
1 Aug. 2020
Noun
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Imposing granite cliff faces like Half Dome and El Capitan, serene meadows and forests, and the picturesque Merced River, all tend to come to mind.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Every frame of the film feels intentional, capturing the river and forests of the Amazon with great attention to the light and sounds of the region.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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The strategy has helped to transform land that’s naturally an arid mix of coastal sage and chaparral and deserts into an economic and cultural powerhouse.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
24 Aug. 2025
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It's been fueled by a mix of timber, chaparral and brush.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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There Sones found in a thicket of trees and underbrush a black ski mask.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Oct. 2025
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After a scramble from Baltimore’s corner kick, Kerr’s header at the back post wormed through a thicket of defenders, and Cuthbert had the final touch.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The rectangular homes often contained courtyards or fronting gardens; window boxes hung below wood-frame windows.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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Designers are now pairing it with modern finishes, such as matte metals and woods, as well as maximalist palettes, which express its more stylish and adaptable side.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Oct. 2025
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.—
Michael Dirda,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.—
Azera Parveen Rahman,
Quartz,
27 Oct. 2022
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“Brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brake. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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