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| − | The word '''brake''' exists as an [[adjective]], a [[noun]] and a [[verb]]. ''[[OED]]'' lists some seven [[noun]]s, one [[adjective]] and six [[verb]]s with the principal spelling '''brake'''. (Some writers confuse then[[homophone]]s [[brake - break|brake and brake]]. This is an error in current English, but over history, both spellings have been used for all the meanings listed in ''[[OED]]'' (and for the two nouns and one verb with the current spelling '''break'''). | + | The word '''brake''' exists as an [[adjective]], a [[noun]] and a [[verb]]. ''[[OED]]'' lists some seven [[noun]]s, one [[adjective]] and six [[verb]]s with the principal spelling '''brake'''. (Some writers confuse then[[homophone]]s [[brake - break|brake and brake]]. This is an error in current English, but over history, both spellings have been used for all the meanings listed in ''[[OED]]'' (and for the two nouns and one verb with the current spelling '''break''', for which see [[Break (meanings)|break (meanings)]]). |
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Revision as of 10:16, 1 April 2013
The word brake exists as an adjective, a noun and a verb. OED lists some seven nouns, one adjective and six verbs with the principal spelling brake. (Some writers confuse thenhomophones brake and brake. This is an error in current English, but over history, both spellings have been used for all the meanings listed in OED (and for the two nouns and one verb with the current spelling break, for which see break (meanings)).
- Etymological note: Of two meanings recorded in OED for the derived noun breakage (both from 1888), the first, "The action of a brake in stopping a train", is listed under the headword brakeage | breakage, n.; the second - current - meaning, "the action or fact of breaking" (only listed as breakage, is not recorded before 1813.
- Users of AWE such as students of literature or history who may come cross some of the other meanings of these words, which are not very current, may like to see notes on some of the less familiar meanings:
- Brake was the standard past tense form of the irregular verb 'to break', which is now always broke, until Early Modern English.
- A brake can be
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