Brake

//bɹeɪk//

Synonyms for "brake" (132 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (27)

Noun(2 words)
brackencataract
Verb(1 words)
cease

Strong matches (39)

Verb(1 words)
draw up

Related words (66)

Verb(3 words)
stickstintswike

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More general

10 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

4 entries

at location

1 entries

capable of

2 entries

coordinate

1 entries

derived

119 entries

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etymologically related_to

3 entries

form of

1 entries

has context

5 entries

is a

6 entries

manner of

1 entries

part of

2 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

70 entries

Showing 16 of 70 words.

used for

2 entries

Translations

241 translations across 81 languages.

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Afar

1 entries
  • faréen noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Albanian

1 entries
  • frenë noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Arabic

4 entries
  • جَنَاحِيَّة noun (Pteris)
  • فَرامل noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • فَرَمَلَة noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • مِكْبَح noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Armenian

2 entries
  • արգելակ noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • արգելակել verb (to operate brakes)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • əyləc noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Basque

1 entries
  • galga noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • гальма́ч noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • гальмо́ noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • то́рмаз noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ব্রেক noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • мъначка noun (tool for crushing and beating flax or hemp)
  • спира́чка noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • спира́чка noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • спирам verb (to operate brakes)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဘရိတ် noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Catalan

4 entries
  • fre noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • fre noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • frenar verb (to operate brakes)
  • frenar verb (to be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎦᏅᏠᏍᏗ noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 跤擋 /跤挡 noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 逼力 noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • 剎車 /刹车 verb (to operate brakes)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 制動器 /制动器 noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • 剎車 /刹车 noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • 制動 /制动 verb (to operate brakes)
  • 剎車 /刹车 verb (to operate brakes)

Czech

2 entries
  • brzda noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • brzdit verb (to operate brakes)

Danish

3 entries
  • bremse noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • bremse noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • brage verb (to bruise and crush)

Dari

2 entries
  • بریک noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • ترمز noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Dutch

4 entries
  • braak noun (tool for crushing and beating flax or hemp)
  • lintvaren noun (Pteris)
  • rem noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • rem noun (something that slows or stops an action)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • bremsilo noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • bremso noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • bremso noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • brido noun (something that slows or stops an action)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pidur noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bremsa noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hidaste noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • jarru noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • jarru noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • kahva noun (nautical: handle of pump)

French

4 entries
  • bringuebale noun (nautical: handle of pump)
  • brisoir noun (tool for crushing and beating flax or hemp)
  • broie noun (tool for crushing and beating flax or hemp)
  • cintreuse noun (type of machine for bending sheet metal)

Friulian

3 entries
  • fren noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • sierae noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • slaif noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Galician

3 entries
  • freo noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • freo noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • trabán noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მუხრუჭი noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • ამუხრუჭებს verb (to operate brakes)

German

4 entries
  • Abkantbank noun (type of machine for bending sheet metal)
  • Bremse noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • Bremse noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • Flachsbreche noun (tool for crushing and beating flax or hemp)

Greek

4 entries
  • πέδη noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • τροχοπέδη noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • φρένο noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • φρένο noun (something that slows or stops an action)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בלמים noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • בלם verb (to operate brakes)

Hindi

1 entries
  • ब्रेक noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • fék noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • fék noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • fékez verb (to operate brakes)
  • fékez verb (to be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • bremsa noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Ido

1 entries
  • freno noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • rem noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • rem noun (something that slows or stops an action)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • loukuttaa verb (to bruise and crush)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • ترمز noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Italian

4 entries
  • freno noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • gramola noun (tool for crushing and beating flax or hemp)
  • manovella della tromba noun (nautical: handle of pump)
  • frenare verb (to operate brakes)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ブレーキ noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • 制動機 noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • ブレーキをかける verb (to operate brakes)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • тормез noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ហ្វ្រាំង noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • ហ្វ្រ័ង noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Korean

2 entries
  • 브레이크 noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • 제동기 noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • тормоз noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຫ້າມລໍ້ noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Latin

2 entries
  • sufflāmen noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • sufflāminō verb (to operate brakes)

Latvian

2 entries
  • bremze noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • bremzēt verb (to operate brakes)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • stabdys noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • кочница noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Malay

1 entries
  • brek noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • тоормос noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Māori

3 entries
  • pereki noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • titipo noun (Pteris)
  • turawera noun (Pteris)

Norman

2 entries
  • chabot noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • êtreindre lé chabot verb (to operate brakes)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • brems noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • bråke verb (to bruise and crush)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • bråka verb (to bruise and crush)
  • bråke verb (to bruise and crush)

Occitan

2 entries
  • fren noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • frenar verb (to operate brakes)

Oromo

1 entries
  • fireenii noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Brams noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • Bräk noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Polish

3 entries
  • hamulec noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • hamować verb (to operate brakes)
  • zahamować verb (to operate brakes)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • embalete noun (nautical: handle of pump)
  • freio noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • freio noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • travão noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Romanian

3 entries
  • frână noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • frână noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • frâna verb (to operate brakes)

Romansch

3 entries
  • fragn noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • frain noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • frein noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Russian

4 entries
  • рука́в noun (nautical: handle of pump)
  • то́рмоз noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • то́рмоз noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • затормози́ть verb (to operate brakes)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kočnica noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • kočnica noun (something that slows or stops an action)
  • кочница noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • кочница noun (something that slows or stops an action)

Slovak

2 entries
  • brzda noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • brzdiť verb (to operate brakes)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zavora noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Spanish

4 entries
  • agramadera noun (tool for crushing and beating flax or hemp)
  • arretranca noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • breque noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • freno noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Swahili

2 entries
  • breki noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • piga breki verb (to operate brakes)

Swedish

4 entries
  • broms noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • bräske noun (thicket)
  • bråka noun (tool for crushing and beating flax or hemp)
  • handtag noun (nautical: handle of pump)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • preno noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Tajik

1 entries
  • тормоз noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Thai

1 entries
  • เบรก noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • འཁོར་ལོ་བཀག verb (to operate brakes)

Turkish

3 entries
  • eğleç noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • fren noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • fren yapmak verb (to operate brakes)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • tormoz noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • гальмо́ noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • гальмува́ти verb (to operate brakes)
  • загальмува́ти verb (to operate brakes)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بریک noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تورمۇز noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • tormoz noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • phanh noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • thắng noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • hãm verb (to operate brakes)
  • phanh verb (to operate brakes)

Welsh

4 entries
  • adainredyn noun (Pteris)
  • breciau noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • brêc noun (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
  • caseg noun (tool for crushing and beating flax or hemp)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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Don't brake suddenly.

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The Representative said he will put a brake on spending.

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Press the brake pedal to turn on your brake lights.

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The function of the brake is to stop the car.

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Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.

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