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braked

/bɹeɪkt/

braked is the simple past and past participle of brake.

Meaning of brake

Verb (1)

brake (third-person singular simple present brakes, present participle braking, simple past and past participle braked)

  1. (intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.
    • Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler.1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781
  2. (intransitive) To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.

Verb (2)

brake (third-person singular simple present brakes, present participle braking, simple past and past participle braked)

  1. (transitive) To bruise and crush; to knead.
    • The farmer’s son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough
  2. (transitive) To pulverise with a harrow.

See all 26 meanings of brake

Adjective

braked (not comparable)

  1. Equipped with brakes (the vehicle-stopping devices).
    • On most aircraft, the mainwheels are braked, but the nosewheel or tailwheel is not.

Words formed from braked

Words that rhyme with braked

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Questions about braked

What does braked mean?
Braked means equipped with brakes (the vehicle-stopping devices).
What is braked the simple past and past participle of?
Braked is the simple past and past participle of brake.
What part of speech is braked?
Braked is an adjective.
How do you pronounce braked?
Braked is pronounced /bɹeɪkt/.

Words near braked in the dictionary

  1. brake-checking
  2. brake-checks
  3. brakeage
  4. Brakebill
  5. Brakebills
  6. braked
  7. brakedrum
  8. brakedrums
  9. Brakefield
  10. Brakefields
  11. brakeforce

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