Bremse — meaning in English

English meaning

• brake noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
• twitch noun A small, sudden, often involuntary movement of a muscle.

Senses

Bremse is used for these senses in English:

• brake A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. [from 18th c.]
• horsefly Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).
• twitch (farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.

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.

twitch — full definition

1. noun A small, sudden, often involuntary movement of a muscle.
2. verb To move suddenly and briefly, often without control.

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