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Noun brake has 4 senses

brake - a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
--₁ is a kind of brake; restraint, constraint; brake; restraint, constraint
--₁ is a part of

motor vehicle, automotive vehicle; 1 of 4 senses of brake ; brake; wheeled vehicle; brake system, brakes; motor vehicle, automotive vehicle; 1 of 4 senses of brake ; brake; wheeled vehicle

--₁ has parts: brake band; stoplight, brake light
--₁ has particulars:

Derived forms: verb brake₁, verb brake₂

brake - any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
--₂ is a kind of fern; fern
--₂ is a member of Pteris, genus Pteris
bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum - large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
--₃ is a kind of fern; fern
--₃ is a member of Pteridium, genus Pteridium
brake - an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
--₄ is a kind of brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket; brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket

Verb brake has 2 senses

brake - stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
--₁ is one way to stop, halt

Derived form: noun brake₁
Sample sentence:
These cars won't brake
brake - cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"
--₂ is one way to stop

Derived form: noun brake₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something