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brakenoun a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrushbuilt a small shelter in the brake to watch for deer boscage(also boskage), bosk(or bosque), bosquet, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, copse, covert, thicket canebrakebrush, bush, scrub, scrublandbramble, jungle, tanglegrove, hedge, stand, woodlotforest, greenwood, wildwood, wood, woodland brakeverbto cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pacebraked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us decelerate, retard, slacken, slow halt, stopencumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, obstruct, set back, tie upbottleneckarrest, check, constrain, curb, rein, restrainbaffle, foil, frustrate, sabotage, thwart accelerate, hasten, hurry, quicken, rush, speed (up), step up drive, encourage, goad, propel, push, spur, stir, urgeadvance, aid, dispatch, ease, expedite, facilitate, forward, further, help in the 14th century |