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  1. 1. n. a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle Source: wordnet
  2. 2. 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 v stop travelling by applying a brake v cause to stop by applying the brakes Source: ecdict

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