Dictionary

A fern; bracken.

A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.

A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.

A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)

A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.

To bruise and crush; to knead

Example: The farmer's son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough

To pulverise with a harrow

An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

The handle of a pump.

A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, by friction; also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.

Example: She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car.

A baker's kneading trough.

To operate (a) brake(s).

To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.

A cage.

A type of torture instrument.

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

Example: If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.

To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

Example: Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?

To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

Example: Her child's death broke Angela.

To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

Example: My heart is breaking.