brake
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
Types & categories
- constraint hypernym
- brake system hyponym
- coaster brake hyponym
- hand brake hyponym
- power brake hyponym
Parts & wholes
- wheeled vehicle part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
stop travelling by applying a brake
We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road
Types & categories
- stop hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
Types & categories
- fern hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Pteris member holonym
Sense 4 verb
cause to stop by applying the brakes
brake the car before you go into a curve
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
Types & categories
- fern hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Pteridium member holonym
Related & opposite
- braky derivation
Sense 6 noun
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
Types & categories
- brush hypernym
Related & opposite
- braky derivation
Sense 7 noun
anything that slows or hinders a process
she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage
Types & categories
- constraint hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | brake |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | brake |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | wheeled vehicle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | constraint |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brake system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coaster brake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hand brake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | power brake |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brake |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | driving |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | brake |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stop |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Pteris |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fern |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | brake |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | driving |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | brake |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | stop |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | skid |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | braky |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Pteridium |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | fern |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | braky |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | brush |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | constraint |