braak
Meaning
-
fallow
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/braːk/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch brâke (“fallow land”), from Proto-West Germanic *brāku. Cognate with German Brache (whence also the adjective brach), Old English brǣc (“plowed land”). Related with breken (“to break”), so called because the field is plowed (“broken”) and then left in this state.
New
braken
- (intransitive) to vomit
- (archaic) to be busy
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