transcription, транскрипция: [ breɪk ]
( brakes, braking, braked)
1.
Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
The brakes began locking...
A seagull swooped down in front of her car, causing her to slam on the brakes.
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2.
When a vehicle or its driver brakes , or when a driver brakes a vehicle, the driver makes it slow down or stop by using the brakes.
She braked sharply to avoid another car...
He lit a cigarette and braked the car slightly...
She braked to a halt and switched off.
VERB : V , V n , V to n , also V n to n
3.
You can use brake in a number of expressions to indicate that something has slowed down or stopped.
Illness had put a brake on his progress...
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