brace meaning

[ breis ] Pronunciation:   "brace" in a sentence
Verb: brace  breys
  1. Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
    - poise 
  2. Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
    "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
    - steady, stabilize, stabilise [Brit] 
  3. Support by bracing 
  4. Cause to be alert and energetic
    - stimulate, arouse, energize, energise [Brit], perk up
Noun: brace  breys
  1. A support that steadies or strengthens something else
    "he wore a brace on his knee" 
  2. Two items of the same kind
    - couple, pair, twosome, twain, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad 
  3. A set of two similar things considered as a unit
    - pair 
  4. Either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material 
  5. A rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it 
  6. [Brit] Elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
    - suspender, gallus 
  7. An appliance that corrects dental irregularities
    - braces, orthodontic braces 
  8. A carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
    - bitstock 
  9. A structural member used to stiffen a framework
    - bracing

Derived forms: bracing, braced, braces

See also: bracer

Type of: 2, affect, beef up, dental appliance, deuce, fix, fortify, gear up, hold, hold up, II, man's clothing, prepare, punctuation, punctuation mark, ready, reinforcement, rope, set, set up, stock, strengthen, strengthener, structural member, support, sustain, two

Part of: brace and bit, framework

Encyclopedia: Brace Brace, brace


[Architecture]
1.

A metal or wood member which is used to stiffen or support a structure; a strut which supports or fixes another member in position or a tie used for the same purpose.

2.

An angle brace.

3.

A tool having a handle, crank, and chuck; used for holding a bit or auger and rotating it to drill a hole by hand; also called a bit stock.

4.

A raker, 2.

brace, 3


[Defence]
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[Medicine]
Orthopedic appliances used to support,align,or hold parts of the body in correct position. (Dorland,28th ed) n
1 : an appliance that gives support to movable parts (as a joint or a fractured bone), to weak muscles (as in paralysis), or to strained ligaments (as of the lower back)
2 braces pl : dental appliances used to exert pressure to straighten misaligned teeth
vt braced; brac·ing : to furnish or support with a brace ‹heavily braced because of polio›

[Computer]
<character> left brace or right brace.

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  1. the odor of souls is a brace to the walls.
  2. his forepaws braced a pebble.
  3. brace up, and make a man of yourself.
  4. they braced themselves behind the gun.
  5. a duct often contains cross braces.

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