Index of English words, starting with "br"

(1) - Brainy (a.) Having an active or vigorous mind.

(1) - Braise (v. t.) To stew or broil in a covered kettle or pan.
(2) - Braise (n.) Alt. of Braize
(3) - Braise (n.) Alt. of Braize

(1) - Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
(2) - Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.
(3) - Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.
(4) - Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
(5) - Brake (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.
(6) - Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.
(7) - Brake () imp. of Break.
(8) - Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
(9) - Brake () of Break
(10) - Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
(11) - Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.
(12) - Brake (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.
(13) - Brake (v. t.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
(14) - Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.
(15) - Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.
(16) - Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.

(1) - Bramble (n.) The brambling or bramble finch.
(2) - Bramble (n.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.

(1) - Bran (n.) The European carrion crow.
(2) - Bran (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.