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noun

Definition of brakenext
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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verb

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
Noun
The nastiest incident unfolded in near-identical circumstances, with Movistar’s Einer Rubio following a UAE Team Emirates car, which had to slam on its brakes due to the size of the crowds, with the Colombian riding into the back at full speed. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 July 2026 Garcia never stepped on the brakes before the SUV hit the tree; only the vehicle’s accelerator was applied, according to the DA’s Office. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
Verb
The vehicle entered the scene, then braked hard while attempting to steer away before coming to a stop, Zoox said. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 July 2026 Jashanpreet Singh, who was 21 at the time of the incident, failed to brake as traffic slowed while driving a semi-truck along the 10 Freeway in the city of Ontario in October 2025, per the Los Angeles Times and NBC4 Los Angeles. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for brake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brake
  1. grove
  2. slow
  3. coppice
  4. bush
  5. forest
  6. wood
  7. chaparral
  8. thicket
Noun
  • Growers are experimenting with commercial groves of chocolate, vanilla and coffee with some success.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • The lush grounds also include a 70-foot pool with an inset spa, a Baja ledge, and water features, along with a freestanding infrared sauna and meandering pathways winding through gardens and citrus groves.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
Definition of grove
Verb
  • This slows down decision-making, reduces autonomy, and distances employees from meaningful work.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • If your body has been asking you in a few ways to slow down (like feeling a cough coming on, or a tiredness that won’t shake off), stop fighting against what your body or heart is trying to tell you.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of slow
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of coppice
Noun
  • Right now, the blueberry bushes on Martha’s Bedford farm are laden with the delicious fruit—almost every branch is full.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 July 2026
  • Summer meant waiting until those wild berry bushes hidden in the woods near grandma’s house were finally ripe for the picking.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 July 2026
Definition of bush
Noun
  • The two timber companies own some of the remaining forest the bird uses or might use for habitat, according to the lawsuit, and do not yet have federal Habitat Conservation Plans that would lay out protections for the bird as logging occurs.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Dead forests can increase wildfire hazards by adding more combustible material.
    — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of forest
Noun
  • One of my favorite details here are the antique plank woods floors.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026
  • The woods were dead silent except for the sound of her huffing and sniffing.
    — Todd Orr, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2026
Definition of wood
Noun
  • Stepping on stems is attention-getting, but the result is a wine that echoes the chaparral of the hillsides surrounding the vineyard.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 5 July 2026
  • An adventure among the mustangs, the chaparrals, the arroyos, the wide purple this and that.
    — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of chaparral
Noun
  • The retaliation works, and soon Cole and his men are marching on foot, scrabbling their way through thickets and swamps.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Across the street, the Llano River splashes its way over limestone formations and into reed thickets.
    — Pam LeBlanc, Southern Living, 20 July 2026
Definition of thicket

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