noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of applying brakes. countable, uncountable

   "the acceleratings and brakings of a vehicle"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of brake form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

accountinganalysiscomputationcoordinationforecastinspection

Example

More examples

"Thank you for braking. You almost killed us!"

Related phrases

braking distancebraking timecombined braking systemdynamic brakingengine brakingregenerative brakingthreshold brakingtrail braking

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