Clues for the word "BRAKE"
We've had 63 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 88 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on November 07, 2025.
Definition of brake
- - imp. of Break.
- n. - A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.
- n. - A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.
- v. t. - An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
- v. t. - An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.
- v. t. - A baker's kneading though.
- v. t. - A sharp bit or snaffle.
- v. t. - A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
- v. t. - That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
- v. t. - An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
- v. t. - A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.
- v. t. - A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.
- v. t. - An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
- v. t. - A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.
- v. t. - An ancient instrument of torture.
- - of Break
Referring Clues
- Slow down
- "I ___ for animals"
- Clutch's neighbor
- Stopper
- Slow
- Gas pedal neighbor
- Some do it for animals
- Try to avoid an accident, maybe
- Accelerator's opposite
- Sedan stopper
- React to a stoplight
- Unicycle's lack
- Pad site
- Clutch's neighbor
- Truck stopper
- Stop on red, e.g.
- Clutch neighbor
- Pedal adjacent to the accelerator
- Bring to stop
- Accelerator neighbor
- Start to stop
- Clutchs neighbor
- A driver often hits it
- Auto pedal
- Gas neighbor
- Heed a red light
- Slow a car down
- Car pedal
- Bumper sticker verb
- "I ___ for animals" (bumper sticker)
- Bike part
- Slowdown cause
- One of a car's pedals
- Gas-pedal neighbor
- Air ___
- Stop a vehicle
- Stopping device (5)
- Stopping device
- Heed a stop sign
- Slow down born libertine
- Device for slowing vehicle
- 13 across to reportedly bankrupt the Telegraph
- Car stopping device
- Slow roast is about right
- React to a red light
- Avoid a collision, perhaps
- It gets depressed on the road
- Arrest a bigheaded libertine
- Mustang halter
- Check
- Driving instructor's urgent reminder
- Step on it to slow down
- Slow your roll?
- Stop to get wood
- Stop a car
- Slow up
- Pedal for stopping
- Pedal next to the gas
- Wheelchair safety mechanism
- Mini freezer?
- Slow down on a bike
- Stop with that!
- Panicked shout from a driving instructor
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 24, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 15, 2025
- LA Times - June 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 25, 2025
- New York Times - November 21, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - September 11, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 14, 2024
- Your Life Choices - March 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 04, 2023
- Your Life Choices - September 17, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - August 11, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 01, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - January 17, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - December 26, 2022
- Your Life Choices - December 20, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - October 01, 2022
- LA Times - September 14, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - July 17, 2022
- USA Today - July 14, 2022
- New York Times - June 02, 2022
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 02, 2017
- New Zealand Herald - November 20, 2017
- Mirror Classic - November 18, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - August 16, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - June 09, 2017
- Your Life Choices - June 05, 2017
- Mirror Quick - June 03, 2017
- Mirror Quick - June 03, 2017
- And in 58 more crossword puzzles...