Dictionary Check: brake
"brake" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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points
Words with Friends
12
points
Definition
noun
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
noun
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
noun
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
noun
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
noun
anything that slows or hinders a process
Example:
"she was not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage"
verb
stop travelling by applying a brake
Example:
"We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
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