A brake is a device which inhibits motion.

Brake may also refer to:

Transportation Brake (carriage), a horse-drawn carriage used to train horses for draft work Railway brake Air brake (disambiguation) Air brake (aeronautics), in aeronautics, a type of flight control system used on aircraft to reduce speed Air brake (road vehicle), a type of brake used on large vehicles in place of hydraulic brakes, using compressed air Railway air brake, a type of brake operated by compressed air and used on locomotives and railroad cars Hydraulic brake Dynamic braking Regenerative brake Electromagnetic brake Emergency brake (train) Parking brake Counter-pressure brake Drum brake Disc brake

Places Brake, Lower Saxony, a city in Germany Brake, West Virginia Brake, a former independent city now incorporated into Lemgo, Germany

Arts Literature and film Brake (film), a 2012 action film starring Stephen Dorff Brakes (film), a 2016 British improvised comedy film "Brake" (Anderson), science fiction story by Poul Anderson

Music Brakes (band), an English rock band, known in the US as BrakesBrakesBrakes The Brakes, a rock band from Philadelphia "Brakes", a 2008 single from British pop rock band Royworld

Other Brake, ferns of the genus Pteris Brake (sheet metal bending), a tool for bending sheet metal Brake (surname) Brake (charity) a road safety charity Brakes (company), a food distributor in the UK and France

See also Braken (disambiguation) Break (disambiguation)