"braking" meaning in English

See braking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/ Forms: brakings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} braking (countable and uncountable, plural brakings)
  1. The act of applying brakes. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: aerobraking, braking distance, braking time, combined braking system, dynamic braking, engine braking, lithobraking, regenerative braking, threshold braking, trail braking Translations (applying of brakes): jarrutus (Finnish), freinage [masculine] (French), Bremsen [neuter] (German), bremsing [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bremsing [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), travagem [feminine] (Portuguese), торможе́ние (tormožénije) [neuter] (Russian), frenleme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-braking-en-noun-i3ybXhr1

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/
Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} braking
  1. present participle and gerund of brake Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: brake Hyponyms: aerobraking
    Sense id: en-braking-en-verb-QV7E0wwz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for braking meaning in English (2.5kB)

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