brake

Large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan.

An area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant.

Any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants.

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”

A restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle.

Cause to stop by applying the brakes.

“brake the car before you go into a curve”

Stop travelling by applying a brake.

“We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road”