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