as in bushes
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 slows
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 brakes
Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2026
Luckily for Martin, Kinzalow hopped in the driver's seat and slammed on the brakes, and Martin survived despite severe back injuries and abrasions to his extremities.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 6 Mar. 2026
Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2026
Others think Minnesota should pump the brakes on autonomous vehicle authorization entirely until the safety and economic impacts are thoroughly studied.
—Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
The semi-transparent cover hides turbine fins that actively draw air to cool the brakes.
—New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026
And in Snead’s terms, aggression occasionally comes with all gas and no brakes.
—Nate Atkins, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
And while cities including Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale are trying to put the brakes on all-out parties of the past, college kids in February and March still hit the beach.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2026
Luckily for Martin, Kinzalow hopped in the driver's seat and slammed on the brakes, and Martin survived despite severe back injuries and abrasions to his extremities.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 6 Mar. 2026
Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2026
Others think Minnesota should pump the brakes on autonomous vehicle authorization entirely until the safety and economic impacts are thoroughly studied.
—Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
The semi-transparent cover hides turbine fins that actively draw air to cool the brakes.
—New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026
And in Snead’s terms, aggression occasionally comes with all gas and no brakes.
—Nate Atkins, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
And while cities including Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale are trying to put the brakes on all-out parties of the past, college kids in February and March still hit the beach.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brakes
Verb
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Martinez's car slows to a crawl -- nearly a full stop -- for pedestrians in the crosswalk.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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Martinez's car slows to a crawl — nearly a full stop — for pedestrians in the crosswalk.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In January of 2021, during the twenty fourth Western Monarch Count, nearly a hundred volunteers donned their masks in the middle of the pandemic to carefully survey groves of trees on the California and Northern Baja coast for monarch butterflies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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Best Places to Stay For lodgings within the park, consider John Muir Lodge, ideal for visitors who want easy access to the sequoia groves and the visitor center without sacrificing comfort.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There's no one that winds up dismembered in the woods that's not a — a victim of homicide.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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His house sits across from what used to be a thick copse of woods.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Brakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brakes. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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