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BRAKE

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1. What does BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
This has six meanings (4 senses as a noun, 2 senses as a verb). Usually, it defines a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle

2. What does BRAKE PAD mean?
pronunciation
One of the pads that apply friction to both sides of the brake disk

3. What does BRAKE BAND mean?
pronunciation
It's a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation

4. What does BRAKE DISK mean?
pronunciation
It's a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads

5. What does BRAKE DRUM mean?
pronunciation
It's a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

6. What does BRAKE SHOE mean?
pronunciation
It's a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation

7. What does DISC BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads

8. What does DISK BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads

9. What does DIVE BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
It's a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft

10. What does DRUM BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe

11. What does FOOT BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal

12. What does HAND BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
It's a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

13. What does ROCK BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Meaning no. 1/3 (3 senses as a noun): Any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions

14. What does BRAKE LIGHT mean?
pronunciation
It's a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop

15. What does BRAKE PEDAL mean?
pronunciation
Foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder

16. What does CLIFF BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions

17. What does CLIFF-BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions

18. What does POWER BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
It's a brake on an automobile that magnifies a small force applied to the brake pedal into a proportionately larger force applied to slow or stop the vehicle

19. What does BRAKE LINING mean?
pronunciation
The lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum

20. What does BRAKE SYSTEM mean?
pronunciation
It's a brake consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle

21. What does CANKER BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds

22. What does SPIDER BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Asiatic fern introduced in America

23. What does BRAKE FAILURE mean?
pronunciation
Brakes fail to stop a vehicle

24. What does COASTER BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
It's a brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals

25. What does PARKING BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
It's a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

26. What does PASTURE BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

27. What does BRAKE CYLINDER mean?
pronunciation
It's a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston

28. What does SHOOTING BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Another name for a station wagon

29. What does EMERGENCY BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
It's a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

30. What does HYDRAULIC BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder; brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoes

31. What does PURPLE ROCK BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes

32. What does AMERICAN ROCK BRAKE mean?
pronunciation
Rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley

33. What does HYDRAULIC BRAKE CYLINDER mean?
pronunciation
It's a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston


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