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
David Pierson, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Alpine Slide rode in sleds that had a brake and accelerate control stick.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 28 May 2025
Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 13 May 2025
Meanwhile, the latter has enhanced dampers designed to increase body control and reduce both squat when accelerating and dive during braking.
—Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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Noun
Behind its walls, workers make automotive and aerospace equipment, specializing in lightweight aluminum chassis parts and brake systems.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Alpine Slide rode in sleds that had a brake and accelerate control stick.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 28 May 2025
Verb
Much of this is due to the fact that electric cars are a simpler build than internal combustion engine one-offs, with fewer parts and the differentiators primarily being styling, aerodynamics, and braking.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 13 May 2025
Meanwhile, the latter has enhanced dampers designed to increase body control and reduce both squat when accelerating and dive during braking.
—Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brake
Noun
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Brightbill arrives at the grove to see what has happened to his mother, and if she’s been reset.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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Though many California growers complained about Mexican imports, some of their peers had avocado groves or related businesses in Mexico too.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
Verb
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In the event of your vehicle hydroplaning, here's what to know: Ease off the accelerator - Step off the gas to slow down the vehicle until the tires find traction.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 June 2025
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Related article Three of Iran’s most powerful men killed as Israel targets top military and nuclear leadership This will slow and complicate any Iranian response.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
13 June 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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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2025
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Restore coastlines with mangroves, wetlands, seagrass meadows and coastal forests.—
Marc Benioff,
Time,
8 June 2025
Noun
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But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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Hazardous fire areas were considered to be at greater risk for wildfire due to their proximity to highly flammable vegetation including the native chaparral that is present in many areas of Poway’s open spaces.—
Christian Martinez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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Few other books can take you through Renaissance France, the arctic wilderness, and a thicket of sexist constraints in such an engaging way.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2025
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That means replacing sprawling federal economic and social programs—and their thicket of rules—with privatization and the restoration of residual authority to states and communities.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Officials later reopened the highway after the zebra disappeared into the woods.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Defaulted Student Loan Borrowers Are Not Out Of The Woods While the announcement may be welcome news for the nearly half a million federal student loan borrowers who receive Social Security benefits, borrowers are not out of the woods.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
3 June 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 17 Jun. 2025.
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