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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
Yet the main brake on early major policy shifts is Israel’s political landscape. — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2026 But that concern has been addressed here thanks to the aforementioned brake upgrades, which deliver confident stopping power at speed as well as excellent pedal feel. — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
Nine days later, a Qantas Airbus A321 had to brake while taxiing to allow another Qantas 737 to pass in front of it. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Types of brakes The braking system on a golf push cart is important when playing a hilly course and will need to stop your cart on an incline. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 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
  • Just a half-hour north of San Diego, the property is comprised of over 600 acres of hills, meadows, Japanese gardens, and citrus groves, including 30 miles of private hiking trails and five acres of bio-intensive gardens.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The plan could affect not only the path that encircles the park, used by large numbers of residents, but also the golf course’s historic grove of Japanese cherry trees.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of grove
Verb
  • Despite a slowing economy and domestic labor-market pressures, China continues to subsidize and incentivize companies in Fujian to recruit young Taiwanese to work in the province.
    — Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Introducing conscious thoughts actually disrupts this flow and slows down the process.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 23 Oct. 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
  • Just before dusk, four or five does walked under the tree, and then a four-point buck followed, stopping beneath me to rub his antlers on a bush.
    — Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Tortoises routinely seek shade under dense bushes, vanish into mangroves, or shelter from the scorching equatorial sun.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of bush
Noun
  • Cat’s claw is a woody vine that grows in the Amazon forest and other tropical areas of Central and South America, according to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Spacious wraparound balconies have views of the forest, massif, and, in some rooms, the river.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of forest
Noun
  • Running Tide had struggled to grow kelp offshore at scale and shifted toward deployments of wood chips mixed with alkaline substances, said former general manager Kristinn Hróbjartsson.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Rising construction costs forced Donnelly and architect Ryan Perella to keep the backyard guesthouse simple, using budget-conscious finishes such as polished concrete floors and wood countertops.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of wood
Noun
  • Native chaparral, the shrubby natural landscapes of the foothills, are becoming stressed and being replaced by grasses and other fire-prone invasive plants.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of chaparral
Noun
  • The original computers were essentially thickets of light bulbs.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Finally the buck turned, bounded up on top of the bank, still in thickets where no arrow could get through, and started to walk around my tree.
    — Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of thicket

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