23 окт. 2022 г. · brake (n. 1) mid-15c., "instrument for crushing or pounding," from Middle Dutch braeke "flax brake," from breken "to break" (see break (v.)). ...

From Old English *bracu, attested in a plural compound form fearnbraca (“thickets of fern”), probably from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”) and influenced ... Etymology 1 · Etymology 2 · Etymology 3 · Etymology 4

16 июн. 2010 г. · Break is an ancient word. It has cognates in all the Germanic languages, and Latin frango, whose root shows up in the borrowed words fragile, fragment, and ...

brake, n.¹ meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.

a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction.

2 июн. 2015 г. · "brake" (device for slowing a moving vehicle) probably derives from an earlier "brake" meaning "lever or handle for working a machine".

24 окт. 2024 г. · The meaning of BRAKE is a device for arresting or preventing the motion of a mechanism usually by means of friction. How to use brake in a ...

23 мар. 2014 г. · 1) mid-15c., "instrument for crushing or pounding," from Middle Dutch braeke "flax brake," from breken "to break" (see break (v.)). The word was ...

12 meanings: 1. a. a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle, wheel, shaft, etc, or for keeping it stationary, esp by means of.

short for shooting brake. vb. to slow down or cause to slow down, by or as if by using a brake; (transitive) to crush or break up using a brake. Etymology: 18th ...