I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
air brakes
anti-lock braking system
brake fluid
brake light
brake shoe
coaster brake
disc brakes
emergency brake
parking brake
the stopping/braking distance (= how far you travel in a car after pressing the brakes )
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What’s the stopping distance at 30 miles an hour?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
antilock
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Be gentle on brakes unless you have antilock brakes.
front
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The brakes consisted of two inefficient rear brakes and one transmission front brake, usually full of oil.
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As I rode away, I noticed that the front disc brake still faded erratically.
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He's now heavy on the front brake , while his right foot strokes the rear brake lever.
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The front brakes have three-pot calipers, while there's a two-pot caliper at the back.
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The car in front brakes , the car with the trailer doesn't.
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Stand by the bicycle, apply the front brake and try to push the bicycle forwards.
rear
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The brakes consisted of two inefficient rear brakes and one transmission front brake, usually full of oil.
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He's now heavy on the front brake , while his right foot strokes the rear brake lever.
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Do the test again with the rear brake .
■ NOUN
air
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One set of coaching stock has been converted to air brakes and is intended to be worked by this loco.
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The silence was broken occasionally by a muffled gasp or a quivering sigh that was more like the hiss of air brakes .
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As he pulled out, the blast of a horn howled behind him and a juggernaut's air brakes oozed violently.
disc
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As I rode away, I noticed that the front disc brake still faded erratically.
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Both the transmission controls are heavy, and the all-\#disc brakes need a hefty shove despite their servo.
fluid
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If poor quality replacements have been fitted they may react with the brake fluid .
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She had to stoop again for the case, and so she caught sight of the pool of brake fluid at once.
hand
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The automatic vacuum brake was fitted in conjunction with a hand brake for the guard's use.
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The filler is on top of the box on a small square plate just in front of the hand brake drum.
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But things like hand brake levers and diff lock activators come in different places.
pedal
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The brake pedal is on the right, the accelerator in the middle.
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I found the brake pedal and the wheels locked.
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I suggest you check that your stop lights work when you press the brake pedal .
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He thought: we could have pressed the brake pedal .
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So even with the brake pedal to the floor on wet roads, you can still retain steering control.
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Chain your steering wheel to the clutch, brake pedal or a seat.
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The coach in front of Fenn's hired car came to a halt and he reluctantly eased his foot down on the brake pedal .
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The brake pedal likewise; when fitted with anti-lock brakes, pedal response is woefully mushy.
shoe
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There were brake shoes acting both on the wheels and on the track.
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The oil is getting into the wheel bearings and forcing grease past the oil seal and on to the brake shoes .
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Any two surfaces rubbing together produce frictional heat, such as a brake shoe pressing against a brake-drum.
■ VERB
act
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Unfortunately, widespread foot-dragging continues to act as a brake on debt relief.
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The answer is of course that higher interest rates often act like sticky brakes .
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In April 1992 they persuaded Boris Yeltsin to put three industrialists into the government to act as a brake on the free-marketeers.
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The water itself acts as a brake .
apply
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Mrs Thatcher is anxious to apply the brakes .
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She saw his physical symptoms as evidence that he was trying unsuccessfully to apply the brakes on a natural evolutionary process.
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That's because with intervention stocks rising, the Commission has to apply the brakes .
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If the driver does not respond, a back-up system automatically applies the brakes or makes less engine power available.
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The same applies to the brakes .
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Seasoned observers have no doubt that the vocal response of so many has been instrumental in applying a brake .
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Stand by the bicycle, apply the front brake and try to push the bicycle forwards.
fit
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The automatic vacuum brake was fitted in conjunction with a hand brake for the guard's use.
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This will take us about three months to complete after which we will concentrate on fitting brake and lubrication gear.
hit
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Every time I hit the brakes it was grin-and-bear-it stuff.
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The chain-link fence swerved in, and this time I hit the brakes hard.
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The blonde hit the brakes too late and the wheels cut and thrust into the water, screaming.
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He must remember not to hit the brake too hard; it would lock the rear wheel and lay the bike down.
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I turned into a gentle left hand bend, saw a queue of cars ahead and hit the brake .
jam
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Most people naively imagine they will stop immediately when they jam on the brakes .
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When he jammed the brakes on she was better balanced.
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He jammed his brakes , and stopped his circling feet.
lock
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Alain went for the gap, Steve moved over and Alain locked up the brakes flat-out in top.
put
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Shortages can put a brake on development.
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Everybody kept putting on their brakes .
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And that will put a brake on industrial well-being.
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If Peres and Labor are defeated, the Likud Party has vowed to put the brakes on the peace movement.
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The Communists have climbed on the bandwagon, but only to put the brakes on.
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If I did not put on the brakes , I might be swept away into assimilation, which I resisted.
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But looking after five-month-old daughter Atlanta has put a brake on her clothes shopping sprees.
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Yet continuity in this case implies Washington putting a brake on Kim's sunshine diplomacy.
slam
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Death Horror-struck, all he could do was slam on the brakes and pray.
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My friend grabbed my arm and yelled and I slammed on the brakes .
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If they don't agree on promotion, the stadium's financial backers may slam on the brakes .
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All she could do was to slam on the brakes and shut her eyes.
use
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The horse finds balance by bringing his hocks underneath him and also uses this means for brakes and acceleration.
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If there is a possible area for a safe landing, use the brakes and get down into it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
foot pedal/brake/pump etc
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He then, with a foot pedal, activates the wire-cutter.
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I also use a Boogie and split the signal from a foot pedal to two amps usually.
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I hear the rat-ta-ta-tat of the foot pedal, as she stitches along.
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The amount of push, and therefore the direction the nose points, is controlled by pushing the foot pedals.
jam on the brakes
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Most people naively imagine they will stop immediately when they jam on the brakes.
slam on the brakes
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I slammed on the brakes, skidding to a stop.
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All she could do was to slam on the brakes and shut her eyes.
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Death Horror-struck, all he could do was slam on the brakes and pray.
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If they don't agree on promotion, the stadium's financial backers may slam on the brakes.
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My friend grabbed my arm and yelled and I slammed on the brakes.
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The driver slammed on the brakes; the Jeep screeched to a halt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The back brake on my bike needs adjusting.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Council officials say lives were at risk from mechanical defects, including faulty brakes.
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Feather the brakes, I reminded myself.
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Once again, anti-lock brakes and traction control are standard.
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She could see at once that the brakes would be useless.
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She had to stoop again for the case, and so she caught sight of the pool of brake fluid at once.
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The brakes sometimes slow the car, but not always.
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The drum brakes are also rather vintage.
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The trains were fitted throughout with the Westinghouse brake , in accordance with Continental practice, and with steam-heating apparatus.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
hard
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Doyle swerved, running the car on to the right hand verge, and braked hard .
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Clayt braked hard , pulled off and cut the engine.
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But he might still have been able to stop in time if he'd braked hard enough.
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Desperate not to have to overtake, he'd braked hard and had felt the car shimmy dangerously.
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He braked hard to a halt outside the Co-op in Newtown, just as Billy and Mary turned the comer.
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Streuer had to brake hard , and on purpose he just nudged my backside with the front of his bike.
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He braked hard and managed to stop before impact, but the woman fell on to the road in front of his car.
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He almost missed the turning off the taxiway to the runway and had to brake hard at the last minute.
sharply
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A car had come fast behind them, a silver-grey car, and it had braked sharply .
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The executive jet settled on its main wheels and braked sharply as the thrust-reverse and spoilers were deployed.
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As she peered ahead of her, something shot across the road in front of the car, forcing her to brake sharply .
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Di was just about to drop elder son Wills back at school when she braked sharply to avoid an oncoming motor.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
foot pedal/brake/pump etc
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He then, with a foot pedal, activates the wire-cutter.
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I also use a Boogie and split the signal from a foot pedal to two amps usually.
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I hear the rat-ta-ta-tat of the foot pedal, as she stitches along.
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The amount of push, and therefore the direction the nose points, is controlled by pushing the foot pedals.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A bus came round the corner and braked sharply.
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I saw a roadblock ahead, and braked.
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She had to brake suddenly to avoid a dog in the road.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Clayt braked hard, pulled off and cut the engine.
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He braked for drugs, booze, and hookers, and wrote a good book about a bum existence.
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I couldn't pull over without forcing some one else to brake and I simply didn't have the power to get away.
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I endeavored to brake , but succeeded only in causing the most extreme and painful sensations under my fingernails.