🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

brake noun

  /bɹeɪk/
  • A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. [from 18th c.]
  • (engineering) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
  • (figuratively) Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
 jarru, hidaste
  • (chiefly, _, nautical) The handle of a pump.
 kahva, tanko, vipu

brake verb

  /bɹeɪk/
  • (intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.
 jarruttaa
  • (intransitive) To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
 jarruttaa, hidastua

brake noun

  /bɹeɪk/
  • Any fern in the genus Pteris.
 sanikka

brake noun

  /bɹeɪk/
  • A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
 kanttikone, kulmauskone, levyntaivutin, taivutin
  • (textiles) A tool used for breaking flax or hemp. [from 15th c.]
 lihta, loukku

brake verb

  /bɹeɪk/
  • (transitive) To bruise and crush; to knead.
 lihdata, loukuttaa, murskata, vaivata
  • (transitive) To pulverise with a harrow.
 äestää

braking noun

  /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/
  • The act of applying brakes.
 jarrutus
disc brake
levyjarru
emergency brake
hätäjarru
brake fluid
jarruneste
brake pad
jarrupala
brake pedal
jarrupoljin
parking brake
käsijarru, seisontajarru
brake shoe
jarrukenkä
muzzle brake
suujarru
brake light
jarruvalo
Wiktionary Links