n a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle
n a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
n any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
n large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
n an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
n anything that slows or hinders a process
she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage new legislation will put the brakes on spending
Most bike hand brakes and gears are produced overseas, and until the manufacturers catch up with back orders there will be a brake on further expansion.
If the new brakes hold up (and earlier liquid-cooled brakes never have), Cunningham may be able to spring a major surprise on the Jaguars, Lancias and others at Le Mans.
Oil jumps after stocks cut into big losses The price of oil had a sudden burst Monday after the stock market tried to put the brakes on a four-day skid.
June 24, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Smoky brakes lead to Green Line delays Smoke coming from the brakes of an inbound D-Train caused moderate delays for one prong of the Green Line this morning. Just before 9 a.m., passengers were offloaded at the Brookline Village T stop while the train was towed to a yard for maintenance, MBTA spokeswoman Kelly Smith said.
June 20, 2013 - Boston Globe
Barack Obama in Washington Post We've begun to put the brakes on this recession and ...... the worst may be behind us,Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio in SI.com He had to slam on his brakes and take evasive action,Arpaio said of the officer. "Luckily, the deputy was alert."