brake in English: The part of a car or a bicycle that you press to make it slow down or stop. (noun)

Translation

The part of a car or a bicycle that you press to make it slow down or stop.

Word origin

The origin is not settled; the word appears in English in the 1400s for a tool worked by a lever.

Other proposed origins

Often traced to Middle Dutch braeke, a tool for crushing flax, from breken, to break. (braeke)
Some accounts link it to Old French brac, an arm, because early brakes were long levers. (brac)

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The brake is what makes a car or a bicycle slow down.

bicycle .

We often use the plural brakes for the whole system.

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"Brake" is also a verb; do not mix it up with break, which sounds the same.

stop

To not move or not do something any more, or to make this happen.

car

A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries a small number of people.

slow

Not moving fast, or taking a long time.

drive

To make a car or other vehicle move and to steer it.

wheel

A round part that turns to make a car or bike move along.

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