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brik [brík.] : brake (n.); ditch (v.) [bulag]
[ Etymology: English: brake; break ]

Derivatives of brik


Glosses:
brake
n. (artifact)1. brakea restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle.
~ brake system, brakesa braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle.
~ coaster brakea brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals.
~ emergency brake, hand brake, parking brake, emergencya brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage.
~ power brakea brake on an automobile that magnifies a small force applied to the brake pedal into a proportionately larger force applied to slow or stop the vehicle.
~ constraint, restrainta device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
~ wheeled vehiclea vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people.; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"
n. (plant)2. brakeany of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants.
~ fernany of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores.
~ genus pteris, pterislarge genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae.
n. (plant)3. bracken, brake, pasture brake, pteridium aquilinumlarge coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan.
~ fernany of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores.
~ genus pteridium, pteridiuma genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae.
n. (group)4. brakean area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant.
~ brush, coppice, copse, thicket, brushwooda dense growth of bushes.
n. (artifact)5. brakeanything 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"
~ constraint, restrainta device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
v. (motion)6. brakestop travelling by applying a brake.; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
~ drivingthe act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal.
~ stop, haltcome to a halt, stop moving.; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
~ brakecause to stop by applying the brakes.; "brake the car before you go into a curve"
v. (motion)7. brakecause to stop by applying the brakes.; "brake the car before you go into a curve"
~ drivingthe act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal.
~ stopcause to stop.; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"
~ brakestop travelling by applying a brake.; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
~ skidapply a brake or skid to.
ditch
n. (artifact)1. ditcha long narrow excavation in the earth.
~ drainage ditcha ditch for carrying off excess water or sewage.
~ excavationa hole in the ground made by excavating.
~ irrigation ditcha ditch to supply dry land with water artificially.
~ sunk fence, ha-ha, haw-hawa ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.
~ trencha ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth.
~ trenchany long ditch cut in the ground.
n. (object)2. ditchany small natural waterway.
~ waterwaya navigable body of water.
v. (possession)3. ditchforsake.; "ditch a lover"
~ desert, desolate, forsake, abandonleave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.; "The mother deserted her children"
v. (possession)4. chuck, ditchthrow away.; "Chuck these old notes"
~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, canta characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo"
~ abandonforsake, leave behind.; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
v. (possession)5. ditch, dumpsever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly.; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"
~ get rid of, removedispose of.; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
v. (motion)6. ditchmake an emergency landing on water.
~ air travel, aviation, airtravel via aircraft.; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"
~ crash landmake an emergency landing.
v. (contact)7. ditchcrash or crash-land.; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
~ crashcause to crash.; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
v. (contact)8. ditch, trenchcut a trench in, as for drainage.; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
~ hollow, excavate, digremove the inner part or the core of.; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"