Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to brake
Participle: braked
Gerund: braking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | brake |
| you | brake |
| he;she;it | brakes |
| we | brake |
| you | brake |
| they | brake |
Perfect
| I | have braked |
| you | have braked |
| he;she;it | has braked |
| we | have braked |
| you | have braked |
| they | have braked |
Past
| I | braked |
| you | braked |
| he;she;it | braked |
| we | braked |
| you | braked |
| they | braked |
Pluperfect
| I | had braked |
| you | had braked |
| he;she;it | had braked |
| we | had braked |
| you | had braked |
| they | had braked |
Future
| I | will brake |
| you | will brake |
| he;she;it | will brake |
| we | will brake |
| you | will brake |
| they | will brake |
Future Perfect
| I | will have braked |
| you | will have braked |
| he;she;it | will have braked |
| we | will have braked |
| you | will have braked |
| they | will have braked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | brake |
| you | brake |
| he;she;it | brake |
| we | brake |
| you | brake |
| they | brake |
Perfect
| I | have braked |
| you | have braked |
| he;she;it | have braked |
| we | have braked |
| you | have braked |
| they | have braked |
Imperfect
| I | braked |
| you | braked |
| he;she;it | braked |
| we | braked |
| you | braked |
| they | braked |
Pluperfect
| I | had braked |
| you | had braked |
| he;she;it | had braked |
| we | had braked |
| you | had braked |
| they | had braked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would brake |
| you | would brake |
| he;she;it | would brake |
| we | would brake |
| you | would brake |
| they | would brake |
Perfect
| I | would have braked |
| you | would have braked |
| he;she;it | would have braked |
| we | would have braked |
| you | would have braked |
| they | would have braked |
Imperative
| you | brake |
| we | Let's brake |
| you | brake |
Verbs conjugated like 'brake'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'brake'
bake,
blake,
brace,
brave,
braze,
broke,
crake,
rake,
abrade,
abrase,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking
- stop
- to cease moving; to come to a stand or standstill
- anchor, astand, blin, cease, draw up, grind to a halt, halt, hold, stall, stay, stop
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Origin uncertain; possibly from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German brake (“nose ring, curb, flax brake”), which according to Watkins is related to sense 4 and from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*brekaną'.
Verbs referencing "brake"
Thai
เบรก.
Sample Sentences
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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 26, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781:]