Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air. |
Bond service () The condition of a bond servant |
Bord service () Service due from a bordar |
Brake () imp. of Break. |
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. |
Brake (n.) A thicket |
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. |
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. |
Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though. |
Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle. |
Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him |
Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn. |
Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. |
Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing |
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. |
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 |
Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses. |
Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture. |
Brake () of Break |
Knight service () A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4. |
Service () Alt. of Service |
Service () A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. |
Service (n.) The act of serving |
Service (n.) The deed of one who serves |
Service (n.) Office of devotion |
Service (n.) Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. |
Service (n.) Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge |
Service (n.) Useful office |
Service (n.) Profession of respect |
Service (n.) The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it |
Service (n.) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law |
Service (n.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. |
Service (n.) The act of serving the ball. |
Service (n.) Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13. |
service | the performance of duties by a waiter or servant, that restaurant has excellent service |
curb service | service provided to customers who remain in their vehicles |
self-service | the practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria) |
overhaul inspection and repair service | periodic maintenance on a car or machine, it was time for an overhaul on the tractor |
service serving service of process | the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone, he accepted service of the subpoena |
service cutback | the act of reducing service |
serve service | (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play, his powerful serves won the game |
service | work done by one person or group that benefits another, budget separately for goods and services |
consulting service | service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) |
advisory service | a consulting service in which a CPA develops findings and conclusions and recommendations that are presented to the client for consideration and decision making |
attestation service attestation report | a consulting service in which a CPA expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written statement that is the responsibility of someone else |
national service | compulsory service in the military during peacetime |
service | (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him |
military service | land tenure by service in the lord's army |
knight's service | land tenure by service to the lord as a knight |
welfare work social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
service | employment in or work for another, he retired afteryears of service |
public service | employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) |
sea-duty service abroad shipboard duty | naval service aboard a ship at sea |
servicing service | the act of mating by male animals, the bull was worth good money in servicing fees |
extension extension service university extension | an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students |
service religious service divine service | the act of public worship following prescribed rules, the Sunday service |
church service church | a service conducted in a house of worship, don't be late for church |
prayer meeting prayer service | a service at which people sing hymns and pray together |
chapel service chapel | a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar, he was late for chapel |
committal service | service committing a body to the grave, the committal service will be held next Monday |
conscription muster draft selective service | compulsory military service |
service | an act of help or assistance, he did them a service |
disservice ill service ill turn | an act intended to help that turns out badly, he did them a disservice |
community service | an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence |
community service public service | a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions |
inter-service support | action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service |
service call | a trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service |
airbrake dive brake | a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft |
brake | a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle |
brake | anything that slows or hinders a process, she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage, new legislation will put the brakes on spending |
brake band | a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation |
brake cylinder hydraulic brake cylinder master cylinder | a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston |
brake disk | a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel, pressure is applied to it by the brake pads |
brake drum drum | a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes |
brake lining | the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum |
brake pad | one of the pads that apply friction to both sides of the brake disk |
brake pedal | foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder |
brake shoe shoe skid | a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation |
brake system brakes | a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle |
cable cable television cable system cable television service | a television system that transmits over cables |
coaster brake | a brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals |
dinner service dinner set | a table service for serving dinner |
disk brake disc brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads |
drum brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe |