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preno [prí.nu.] : brake (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: freno: brake ]

Derivatives of preno


Glosses:
brake
n. (artifact)1. brakea restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle.
~ brake system, brakesa braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle.
~ coaster brakea brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals.
~ emergency brake, hand brake, parking brake, emergencya brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage.
~ power brakea 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.
~ constraint, restrainta device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
~ wheeled vehiclea vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people.; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"
n. (plant)2. brakeany of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants.
~ fernany of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores.
~ genus pteris, pterislarge genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae.
n. (plant)3. bracken, brake, pasture brake, pteridium aquilinumlarge coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan.
~ fernany of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores.
~ genus pteridium, pteridiuma genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae.
n. (group)4. brakean area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant.
~ brush, coppice, copse, thicket, brushwooda dense growth of bushes.
n. (artifact)5. brakeanything 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"
~ constraint, restrainta device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
v. (motion)6. brakestop travelling by applying a brake.; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
~ drivingthe act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal.
~ stop, haltcome to a halt, stop moving.; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
~ brakecause to stop by applying the brakes.; "brake the car before you go into a curve"
v. (motion)7. brakecause to stop by applying the brakes.; "brake the car before you go into a curve"
~ drivingthe act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal.
~ stopcause to stop.; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"
~ brakestop travelling by applying a brake.; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
~ skidapply a brake or skid to.