English to English
noun
- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
source: WordNet 3.0
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
source: WordNet 3.0
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
source: WordNet 3.0
- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
source: WordNet 3.0
- anything that slows or hinders a process
She wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage.
New legislation will put the brakes on spending.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.
source: Webster 1913
- An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- stop travelling by applying a brake
We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause to stop by applying the brakes
Brake the car before you go into a curve.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
noun
- [breík] Pangpatigil; preno
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
