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braken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • boot noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  • brake noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
  • purge verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
  • retch verb To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.
  • vomit verb To bring up the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
  • yak noun A large, shaggy-haired, ox-like animal from the mountains of Central Asia, including Tibet and Mongolia.

Senses

braken is used for these senses in English:

  • boot (slang) To vomit.
  • brake (transitive) To bruise and crush; to knead.
  • purge (transitive, intransitive, medicine) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
  • vomit (intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
  • yak (slang, intransitive) To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.

boot — full definition

  1. noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  2. noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
  3. noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
  4. verb To kick something or someone.
  5. verb To dismiss or eject someone.

brake — full definition

  1. noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
  2. verb To slow down or stop a vehicle by using its brakes.

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