nnoun.artifacta braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicleSynset:brake system
Part Holonyms:automotive vehicle motor vehicle
Hypernyms:brake
Inherited Hypernyms:brake systembrakerestraintdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:hydraulic brakehydraulic brakes
Part Meronyms:brake band brake light stoplight
Full Hyponyms:disk brakedrum brakefoot brakehydraulic brake
nnoun.artifacta restraint used to slow or stop a vehicleDerivationally Related Form:brake
Part Holonyms:wheeled vehicle
Hypernyms:constraint restraint
Inherited Hypernyms:brakerestraintdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:brake systembrakescoaster brakeemergencyemergency brakehand brakeparking brakepower brake
Full Hyponyms:airbrakebrake systemcoaster brakedisk brakedrum brakefoot brakehand brakehydraulic brakepower brake
nnoun.plantany of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplantsMember Holonyms:Pteris genus Pteris
Hypernyms:fern
Inherited Hypernyms:brakefernpteridophytevascular plantplantorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.plantlarge coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitanSynset:Pteridium aquilinum bracken brake pasture brake
Derivationally Related Form:braky
Member Holonyms:Pteridium genus Pteridium
Hypernyms:fern
Inherited Hypernyms:brackenfernpteridophytevascular plantplantorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.groupan area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plantDerivationally Related Form:braky
Hypernyms:brush brushwood coppice copse thicket
Inherited Hypernyms:brakebrushvegetationcollectiongroupabstractionentity
nnoun.artifactanything that slows or hinders a processExamples:- she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage
- new legislation will put the brakes on spending
Hypernyms:constraint restraint
Inherited Hypernyms:brakerestraintdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.motionstop travelling by applying a brakeTopic:driving
Examples:- We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road
Derivationally Related Form:brake
Hypernyms:halt stop
Inherited Hypernyms:brakestop
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | These cars won't --- (apply to: brake)
vverb.motioncause to stop by applying the brakesTopic:driving
Examples:- brake the car before you go into a curve
Derivationally Related Form:brake
Hypernyms:stop
Inherited Hypernyms:brakestop
Direct Hyponyms:skid
Full Troponyms:skid
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something