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
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2025
The curvaceous car will go out with a bang, however, thanks to Final Edition versions that are dressed up with red brake calipers, specific trim items and suede cabin accents.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
That equates to 4,000 braking events during the 24-hour race, and the carbon discs are required to perform perfectly every time, even in decelerations exceeding 124 mph (200 kmh).
—Kristin Shaw, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
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Noun
The tuner's latest model is the open-top version of the Rocket GTS shooting brake.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2025
The curvaceous car will go out with a bang, however, thanks to Final Edition versions that are dressed up with red brake calipers, specific trim items and suede cabin accents.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
Lawyers for the plaintiff argue that Tesla’s driver-assistance feature called Autopilot should have warned the driver and braked when his Model S sedan blew through flashing red lights, a stop sign and a T-intersection at nearly 70 miles an hour in the April 2019 crash.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
That equates to 4,000 braking events during the 24-hour race, and the carbon discs are required to perform perfectly every time, even in decelerations exceeding 124 mph (200 kmh).
—Kristin Shaw, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brake
Noun
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There, guests can view the eclipse from on-site olive groves and grape vineyards.—
Cassandra Brooklyn,
AFAR Media,
21 Aug. 2025
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The 7-year-old project is studying priority Emory oak groves to restore and protect them.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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One consequence of tight monetary policy tends to be a slowing economy and a cooler labor market.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
25 Aug. 2025
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Recent economic reports also show inflation creeping back up and job growth slowing, presenting more potential challenges for the party in power.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 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,
19 Aug. 2025
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The decision to add to the more than 1,400 troops already on wildfire duty came as authorities struggled to contain forest blazes.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 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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The Pacific Palisades Fire, the largest of the state’s current wildfires, for example, began as a brushfire and spread through dense chaparral, a shrubland plant community common to the state.—
Jeff Cercone,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Twelve feet tall, these woven textiles bring a density, warmth, and transportive quality to the space—you’re suddenly within the thicket where the fairytale is unfolding.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
6 Aug. 2025
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Officials say the confrontation occurred on the North Tongue River in the Bighorn National Forest in classic moose habitat: a thicket of willows along the river corridor.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
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However, most rooms retain original elements that range from frescos and wood ceilings to original walls.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Toy weapons: Plastic, wood, and foam toy weapons are allowed.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 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 1 Sep. 2025.
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