as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
built a small shelter in the brake to watch for deer
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as in to slow
to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace
braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us
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Recent Examples of brake
Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Just wouldn’t mind if someone could pump the brakes on the administrators who are accelerating toward College Football Armageddon.
—The Athletic College Football, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2025
The new Proactive Driving Assist feature will gently brake or steer as necessary to follow the lane or keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front while on roadways where markings are clear (not off-road).
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
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Noun
With the help of a youngster named Noah, Majima pumps the brakes on his gangster life to fix his amnesia, and ultimately embark on an adventure to become a legendary pirate and uncover a massive payload of treasure.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Just wouldn’t mind if someone could pump the brakes on the administrators who are accelerating toward College Football Armageddon.
—The Athletic College Football, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
The vehicle reportedly crossed over into the left lane, which led to other drivers having to brake and swerve to avoid a collision, according to the warrant affidavit.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2025
The new Proactive Driving Assist feature will gently brake or steer as necessary to follow the lane or keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front while on roadways where markings are clear (not off-road).
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brake
Noun
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The spectacle of corporations changing their posture in waves, like groves of saplings in a storm, may seem startling.—
Jeff Sommer,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Marchesi Alfieri At the intersection of Roero, Langhe, and Monferrato, in Italy’s storied Piedmont region, where vineyards meld among hazelnut groves and forests, the winemaking legacy of Marchesi Alfieri began in 1696.—
Michelle Williams,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Prices are on the rise in parts of Texas and Florida, where a homebuilding boom has helped to slow price growth.—
Sami Sparber,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
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Any Rockets lineup that features a big and at least one non-shooter is likely to see some form of zone, especially anything to slow down Thompson — who has quickly asserted himself as a star in the making.—
Kelly Iko,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.—
Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2021
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.—
Eric Toensmeier,
Scientific American,
1 Aug. 2020
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Prologue was first announced in 2019 with a cryptic trailer that showed a first-person view of a storm crashing through a dark forest.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2025
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The Piney Woods region at the corner of East Texas offers outdoor adventures like hiking in Davy Crockett National Forest, taking a vintage steam train through the forest and kayaking along the scenic Neches River.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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In Los Angeles, some experts say there may be cases where clearing patches of chaparral around neighborhoods of houses is warranted.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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After burning, the chaparral is slow to recover, whereas invasive grasses are quick to move in.—
Anton Sorokin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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Western startups seek to create strong patents at their core and to develop thickets of IP to support them.—
Jim Euchner,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The thickets contain police officers, undertakers, insurance agents, attorneys, claims adjusters, benefits counsellors, human-resources workers, notaries, friends.—
Joseph O’Neill,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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Guest room rooms are appointed with oak woods, crisp cream walls, and plenty of Le Labo products.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2025
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The cozy interior is swaddled in leather and burl wood, and rear-seat passengers even got elegant picnic tables that folded down from the front seatbacks.—
Raphael Orlove,
Robb Report,
27 Feb. 2025
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.—
Michael Dirda,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.—
Azera Parveen Rahman,
Quartz,
27 Oct. 2022
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“Brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brake. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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