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brake
 I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
air brakes
anti-lock braking system
brake fluid
brake light
brake shoe
coaster brake
disc brakes
emergency brake
parking brake
the stopping/braking distance (=how far you travel in a car after pressing the brakes)
▪ What’s the stopping distance at 30 miles an hour?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
 ADJECTIVE
antilock
▪ Be gentle on brakes unless you have antilock brakes.
front
▪ The brakes consisted of two inefficient rear brakes and one transmission front brake, usually full of oil.
▪ As I rode away, I noticed that the front disc brake still faded erratically.
▪ He's now heavy on the front brake, while his right foot strokes the rear brake lever.
▪ The front brakes have three-pot calipers, while there's a two-pot caliper at the back.
▪ The car in front brakes, the car with the trailer doesn't.
▪ Stand by the bicycle, apply the front brake and try to push the bicycle forwards.
rear
▪ The brakes consisted of two inefficient rear brakes and one transmission front brake, usually full of oil.
▪ He's now heavy on the front brake, while his right foot strokes the rear brake lever.
▪ Do the test again with the rear brake.
NOUN
air
▪ One set of coaching stock has been converted to air brakes and is intended to be worked by this loco.
▪ The silence was broken occasionally by a muffled gasp or a quivering sigh that was more like the hiss of air brakes.
▪ As he pulled out, the blast of a horn howled behind him and a juggernaut's air brakes oozed violently.
disc
▪ As I rode away, I noticed that the front disc brake still faded erratically.
▪ Both the transmission controls are heavy, and the all-\\#disc brakes need a hefty shove despite their servo.
fluid
▪ If poor quality replacements have been fitted they may react with the brake fluid.
▪ She had to stoop again for the case, and so she caught sight of the pool of brake fluid at once.
hand
▪ The automatic vacuum brake was fitted in conjunction with a hand brake for the guard's use.
▪ The filler is on top of the box on a small square plate just in front of the hand brake drum.
▪ But things like hand brake levers and diff lock activators come in different places.
pedal
▪ The brake pedal is on the right, the accelerator in the middle.
▪ I found the brake pedal and the wheels locked.
▪ I suggest you check that your stop lights work when you press the brake pedal.
▪ He thought: we could have pressed the brake pedal.
▪ So even with the brake pedal to the floor on wet roads, you can still retain steering control.
▪ Chain your steering wheel to the clutch, brake pedal or a seat.
▪ The coach in front of Fenn's hired car came to a halt and he reluctantly eased his foot down on the brake pedal.
▪ The brake pedal likewise; when fitted with anti-lock brakes, pedal response is woefully mushy.
shoe
▪ There were brake shoes acting both on the wheels and on the track.
▪ The oil is getting into the wheel bearings and forcing grease past the oil seal and on to the brake shoes.
▪ Any two surfaces rubbing together produce frictional heat, such as a brake shoe pressing against a brake-drum.
VERB
act
▪ Unfortunately, widespread foot-dragging continues to act as a brake on debt relief.
▪ The answer is of course that higher interest rates often act like sticky brakes.
▪ In April 1992 they persuaded Boris Yeltsin to put three industrialists into the government to act as a brake on the free-marketeers.
▪ The water itself acts as a brake.
apply
▪ Mrs Thatcher is anxious to apply the brakes.
▪ She saw his physical symptoms as evidence that he was trying unsuccessfully to apply the brakes on a natural evolutionary process.
▪ That's because with intervention stocks rising, the Commission has to apply the brakes.
▪ If the driver does not respond, a back-up system automatically applies the brakes or makes less engine power available.
▪ The same applies to the brakes.
▪ Seasoned observers have no doubt that the vocal response of so many has been instrumental in applying a brake.
▪ Stand by the bicycle, apply the front brake and try to push the bicycle forwards.
fit
▪ The automatic vacuum brake was fitted in conjunction with a hand brake for the guard's use.
▪ This will take us about three months to complete after which we will concentrate on fitting brake and lubrication gear.
hit
▪ Every time I hit the brakes it was grin-and-bear-it stuff.
▪ The chain-link fence swerved in, and this time I hit the brakes hard.
▪ The blonde hit the brakes too late and the wheels cut and thrust into the water, screaming.
▪ He must remember not to hit the brake too hard; it would lock the rear wheel and lay the bike down.
▪ I turned into a gentle left hand bend, saw a queue of cars ahead and hit the brake.
jam
▪ Most people naively imagine they will stop immediately when they jam on the brakes.
▪ When he jammed the brakes on she was better balanced.
▪ He jammed his brakes, and stopped his circling feet.
lock
▪ Alain went for the gap, Steve moved over and Alain locked up the brakes flat-out in top.
put
▪ Shortages can put a brake on development.
▪ Everybody kept putting on their brakes.
▪ And that will put a brake on industrial well-being.
▪ If Peres and Labor are defeated, the Likud Party has vowed to put the brakes on the peace movement.
▪ The Communists have climbed on the bandwagon, but only to put the brakes on.
▪ If I did not put on the brakes, I might be swept away into assimilation, which I resisted.
▪ But looking after five-month-old daughter Atlanta has put a brake on her clothes shopping sprees.
▪ Yet continuity in this case implies Washington putting a brake on Kim's sunshine diplomacy.
slam
▪ Death Horror-struck, all he could do was slam on the brakes and pray.
▪ My friend grabbed my arm and yelled and I slammed on the brakes.
▪ If they don't agree on promotion, the stadium's financial backers may slam on the brakes.
▪ All she could do was to slam on the brakes and shut her eyes.
use
▪ The horse finds balance by bringing his hocks underneath him and also uses this means for brakes and acceleration.
▪ If there is a possible area for a safe landing, use the brakes and get down into it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
foot pedal/brake/pump etc
▪ He then, with a foot pedal, activates the wire-cutter.
▪ I also use a Boogie and split the signal from a foot pedal to two amps usually.
▪ I hear the rat-ta-ta-tat of the foot pedal, as she stitches along.
▪ The amount of push, and therefore the direction the nose points, is controlled by pushing the foot pedals.
jam on the brakes
▪ Most people naively imagine they will stop immediately when they jam on the brakes.
slam on the brakes
▪ I slammed on the brakes, skidding to a stop.
▪ All she could do was to slam on the brakes and shut her eyes.
▪ Death Horror-struck, all he could do was slam on the brakes and pray.
▪ If they don't agree on promotion, the stadium's financial backers may slam on the brakes.
▪ My friend grabbed my arm and yelled and I slammed on the brakes.
▪ The driver slammed on the brakes; the Jeep screeched to a halt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The back brake on my bike needs adjusting.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Council officials say lives were at risk from mechanical defects, including faulty brakes.
▪ Feather the brakes, I reminded myself.
▪ Once again, anti-lock brakes and traction control are standard.
▪ She could see at once that the brakes would be useless.
▪ She had to stoop again for the case, and so she caught sight of the pool of brake fluid at once.
▪ The brakes sometimes slow the car, but not always.
▪ The drum brakes are also rather vintage.
▪ The trains were fitted throughout with the Westinghouse brake, in accordance with Continental practice, and with steam-heating apparatus.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
hard
▪ Doyle swerved, running the car on to the right hand verge, and braked hard.
▪ Clayt braked hard, pulled off and cut the engine.
▪ But he might still have been able to stop in time if he'd braked hard enough.
▪ Desperate not to have to overtake, he'd braked hard and had felt the car shimmy dangerously.
▪ He braked hard to a halt outside the Co-op in Newtown, just as Billy and Mary turned the comer.
▪ Streuer had to brake hard, and on purpose he just nudged my backside with the front of his bike.
▪ He braked hard and managed to stop before impact, but the woman fell on to the road in front of his car.
▪ He almost missed the turning off the taxiway to the runway and had to brake hard at the last minute.
sharply
▪ A car had come fast behind them, a silver-grey car, and it had braked sharply.
▪ The executive jet settled on its main wheels and braked sharply as the thrust-reverse and spoilers were deployed.
▪ As she peered ahead of her, something shot across the road in front of the car, forcing her to brake sharply.
▪ Di was just about to drop elder son Wills back at school when she braked sharply to avoid an oncoming motor.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
foot pedal/brake/pump etc
▪ He then, with a foot pedal, activates the wire-cutter.
▪ I also use a Boogie and split the signal from a foot pedal to two amps usually.
▪ I hear the rat-ta-ta-tat of the foot pedal, as she stitches along.
▪ The amount of push, and therefore the direction the nose points, is controlled by pushing the foot pedals.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A bus came round the corner and braked sharply.
▪ I saw a roadblock ahead, and braked.
▪ She had to brake suddenly to avoid a dog in the road.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Clayt braked hard, pulled off and cut the engine.
▪ He braked for drugs, booze, and hookers, and wrote a good book about a bum existence.
▪ I couldn't pull over without forcing some one else to brake and I simply didn't have the power to get away.
▪ I endeavored to brake, but succeeded only in causing the most extreme and painful sensations under my fingernails.
brake
I. brake1 /breɪk/ noun [COUNTABLE]
1. [OFTEN PLURAL]
a piece of equipment that makes a vehicle go more slowly or stop:
▪ Test your brakes after driving through water.
▪ I managed to put the brakes on just in time.
▪ Moira slammed on the brakes (=used them suddenly and with a lot of force).
apply the brakes formal:
▪ He applied the brakes but failed to stop in time.
the rear/front brakes
▪ the screech of brakes (=the loud unpleasant noise they can make) ⇨ anti-lock braking system, emergency brake, handbrake, parking brake
2. act as a brake on something
to make something develop more slowly, be more difficult to do, or happen less:
▪ Rises in interest rates act as a brake on expenditure.
3. put the brakes on something
to stop something that is happening
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COLLOCATIONS
verbs
▪put the brakes on (=use the brakes)
▪ Put the brakes on – you’re going too fast.
▪apply the brakes formal (=use them)
▪ Apply the brakes as you approach the roundabout.
▪slam on/jam on/hit the brakes (=use them suddenly and with a lot of force)
▪ The car in front stopped suddenly and I had to slam on the brakes.
▪release the brake (=stop using the foot or hand brake)
▪ The traffic lights turned green and I released the brake.
▪brakes fail (=do not work when you use them)
▪ Going down the mountain I was afraid the brakes might fail.
▪brakes screech (=make a high noise when you use them)
▪ The brakes screeched and the train finally stopped.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + brake
▪faulty (=not working properly)
▪ Faulty brakes may have caused the accident.
▪ The brakes could have been faulty.
▪the rear/front brakes (=for the rear/front wheels)
▪ The rear brakes were ineffective.
▪the foot brake (=one you apply with your foot, to slow the car down)
▪ He stamped on the foot brake.
▪the hand brake (also the emergency brake, the parking brake American English) (=one you apply with your hand, to stop the car moving when parked)
▪ I tried to drive off with the hand brake still on.
▪anti-lock brakes (=that do not cause the wheels to lock and skid if the brakes are used suddenly)
▪ The car comes equipped with anti-lock brakes.
brake + NOUN
▪the brake pedal (=that you press with your foot)
▪ She pressed the brake pedal but nothing happened.
▪brake failure (=when brakes do not work)
▪ What should you do in the event of a brake failure?
phrases
▪the screech of brakes (=the loud unpleasant sound of a car stopping suddenly)
▪ I heard the screech of brakes in the road outside.
II. brake2 verb [INTRANSITIVE]
to make a vehicle or bicycle go more slowly or stop by using its brake
brake sharply/hard (=brake quickly)
▪ He braked sharply to avoid the dog.
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