braked

Braked is the past tense and past participle of the verb brake. It refers to the act of applying a brake to slow down or stop a moving object, most commonly a vehicle, but also other machines or systems designed to create friction and reduce motion. In typical usage, braked describes actions that have already occurred: for example, "The car braked to avoid the collision" or "The train was braked to a stop."

Grammatical notes: present tense forms are brake (I/you/we/they brake) and brakes (he/she/it brakes). The simple past tense is braked, and the present participle is braking; the past participle is braked. The verb is usually transitive when an explicit object is present (brake pads, the driver braked the car) and can be used intransitively when the object is implied (the car braked).

Context and usage: braked appears in everyday language describing braking actions, as well as in technical and engineering contexts. Braking systems may be hydraulic, pneumatic, electric, or regenerative. The term also appears in phrases such as brake horsepower, which refers to power measured using a brake dynamometer, and in descriptions of equipment that is braked or has braked components (for example, braked wheels or braked trailers).

See also: brake, braking, brake horsepower, brake system.