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
Chamin Ajjan, CNBC, 12 July 2025
Saturday’s result slammed the brakes on her wild Wimbledon ride.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 12 July 2025
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 July 2025
Another, taken from a different car traveling alongside a robotaxi, showed the vehicle braking hard after traveling past a police car.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 28 June 2025
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Noun
Be curious about your partner’s accelerators and brakes, too.
—Chamin Ajjan, CNBC, 12 July 2025
Saturday’s result slammed the brakes on her wild Wimbledon ride.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 12 July 2025
Verb
The braking force of these cars is just incredible, way more than acceleration.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 July 2025
Another, taken from a different car traveling alongside a robotaxi, showed the vehicle braking hard after traveling past a police car.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brake
Noun
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Groundbreaking took place in July 1954 on a 160-acre orange grove in Anaheim about 22 miles south of Los Angeles.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
9 July 2025
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Silvery green olive groves produce the oil that’s served in the hotel’s three restaurants.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Freezing preserves the flavor of the syrup, and also slows the rate of spoilage.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
19 July 2025
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These may include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to address pain and inflammation, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to slow the progression, and biologics that affect your immune system.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
19 July 2025
Noun
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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
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However, urban areas often have higher and more concentrated coyote populations than nearby deserts or forests due to easier access to food.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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This sanctuary consists of roughly 24 acres of wetlands, grasslands and forest.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
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In Arizona, wildfires in shrublands or chaparral can be fueled by invasive grasses, like cheat grass.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
15 July 2025
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Learn about the various lizards and snakes of Southern California’s mountains and chaparrals.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Just west of the colorful Punda district, this city park was constructed to pay homage to one of the Caribbean’s most crucial—and vulnerable—ecosystems, with plenty of dense mangrove thickets that harbor all sorts of indigenous species.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Harrington, his caddy, and fellow golfers Cink and Justin Leonard trampled through thickets beyond the green like a trio of senior-aged Goonies, Harrington peering helplessly into reeds and bushes before re-teeing and accepting a penalty stroke for a lost ball.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Instead of the typical dark wood, leather banquettes and framed portraits from your grandfather’s steakhouse, for instance, Adalina Prime will greet guests with a greenery-laden patio, an open-air atrium and an exhibition kitchen.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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For most of that time, paddles were made of laminated wood and were mostly found in gym classes and retirement communities.—
Martin Cizmar,
Wired News,
20 July 2025
Noun
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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 24 Jul. 2025.
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