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• brake shoe — ☆ brake shoe n. a block or plate curved to fit the shape of a wheel or drum and forced against it to act as a brake …   English World dictionary

• brake — brake1 [breık] n 1.) a piece of equipment that makes a vehicle go more slowly or stop ▪ Test your brakes after driving through water. ▪ Moira slammed on the brakes (=use them suddenly and with a lot of force) and skidded to a halt. ▪ I managed to …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• brake — 1 noun (C) 1 a piece of equipment that makes a vehicle go more slowly or stop, usually operated by pressing on a bar with your foot or hand: Remember to test your brakes regularly: put/slam on the brakes also apply the brakes formal: Moira… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• brake drum — noun a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes • Syn: ↑drum • Hypernyms: ↑cylinder • Part Holonyms: ↑drum brake * * * noun : a revolving cylinder on the wheel of a vehicle or the revolving part of an engine… …   Useful english dictionary

• brake — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ defective, faulty ▪ front, rear ▪ emergency (AmE), foot (usually footbrake), hand …   Collocations dictionary

• brake — I UK [breɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms brake : singular brake plural brakes * 1) [usually plural] the equipment in a car, bicycle, or other vehicle that you use for slowing down or stopping The brakes failed and the car crashed into a tree …   English dictionary

• brake — brake1 [ breık ] noun count * 1. ) usually plural the equipment in a car, bicycle, or other vehicle that you use for slowing down or stopping: The brakes failed and the car crashed into a tree. We heard a screech of brakes as Jill s car pulled up …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• act — act1 [ ækt ] noun *** ▸ 1 single thing someone does ▸ 2 law ▸ 3 part of play, etc. ▸ 4 performance ▸ 5 behavior hiding truth ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a single thing that someone does: act of violence/vandalism/terrorism/kindness/bravery/desperation …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• brake-turbine-type heat exchanger — A type of cold air unit in which the charge air from the engine compressor passes through the ram air cooled heat exchanger to enter the turbine through which it expands. This results in a pressure and a temperature drop. Mounted on the common… …   Aviation dictionary

• brake drum — brake′ drum n. aum a narrow metal cylinder, fixed to a rotating shaft or wheel, against which brake shoes or brake bands act • Etymology: 1895–1900 …   From formal English to slang

• brake — brake1 brakeless, adj. /brayk/, n., v., braked, braking. n. 1. a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction. 2. brakes, the drums, shoes …   Universalium