n.
1.a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
2.any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
3.large coarse fern often several feet high
4.an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant brake v.
1.stop travelling by applying a brake
2.cause to stop by applying the brakes
Idiom of the Day
sign one's own death warrant
to do something knowingly that will probably result in severe trouble
Our secretary signed her own death warrant when she came to work late three times last week.