Definition of brace Brace
/bɹejˈs/ - [breys] - brace
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NounPlural: braces |
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| brace - a structural member used to stiffen a framework | ||
| bracing | ||
| structural member support that is a constituent part of any structure or building | ||
| strengthener, reinforcement a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook" | ||
| framework a structure supporting or containing something | ||
| crosspiece a transverse brace | ||
| gusset plate, gusset a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment | ||
| guy cable, guy rope, guy wire, guy a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) | ||
| stay continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court" | ||
| stringer a long horizontal timber to connect uprights | ||
| strut a proud stiff pompous gait | ||
| brace - a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee" | ||
| support a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support" | ||
| strengthener, reinforcement a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook" | ||
| ankle brace a brace worn to strengthen the ankle | ||
| back brace a brace worn to support the back | ||
| knee brace a brace worn to strengthen the knee | ||
| neck brace a brace worn to steady the neck | ||
| brace - elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) | ||
| suspender, gallus | ||
| man's clothing clothing that is designed for men to wear | ||
| plural, plural form the form of a word that is used to denote more than one | ||
| brace - a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring | ||
| bitstock | ||
| stock the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory" | ||
| brace - a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it | ||
| rope a strong line | ||
| brace - an appliance that corrects dental irregularities | ||
| braces, orthodontic braces | ||
| brace - either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material | ||
| brace - two items of the same kind | ||
| couple, pair, twosome, twain, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad | ||
| 2, ii, two, deuce the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number | ||
| fellow, mate an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" | ||
| brace - a set of two similar things considered as a unit | ||
| pair | ||
| set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" | ||
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| brace - support by bracing | ||
| hold up, sustain, support, hold hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration | ||
| tread brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center | ||
| brace - 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 | ||
| beef up, strengthen, fortify gain strength; "His body strengthened" | ||
| ballast make steady with a ballast | ||
| guy steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing" | ||
| brace - prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult | ||
| poise | ||
| gear up, ready, prepare, fix, set up, set to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" | ||
| nerve, steel cover, plate, or edge with steel | ||
| brace - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" | ||
| stimulate, arouse, energize, energise, perk up | ||
| de-energise, de-energize deprive of energy | ||
| sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" | ||
| affect act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" | ||
| cathect inject with libidinal energy | ||
| reanimate, revivify, vivify, renovate, animate, recreate, quicken, repair, revive make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story" | ||
| reinvigorate, invigorate impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating" | ||
| liven, liven up, enliven, animate, invigorate make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- brace (Noun)
Armor for the arm; vambrace. - brace (Noun)
A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms. - brace (Noun)
A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc. ; a bitstock. - brace (Noun)
That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop. - brace (Noun)
A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension. - brace (Noun)
A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum. - brace (Noun)
A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things, but rarely human persons. The plural in this sense is unchanged. In use as plural, this is a particularly common reference to game birds. - brace (Noun)
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell. - brace (Noun)
A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon. - brace (Noun)
The mouth of a shaft. - brace (Noun)
Usually plural Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders. - brace (Noun)
Usually plural A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite. - brace (Noun)
Two goals scored by one player in a game. - brace (Verb)
To prepare for something bad, as an impact or blow. - brace (Verb)
To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind. - brace (Verb)
To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police. - brace (Verb)
To confront with questions, demands or requests.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- brace (n.)
That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop. - brace (n.)
A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum. - brace (n.)
The state of being braced or tight; tension. - brace (n.)
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell. - brace (n.)
A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves. - brace (n.)
A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon. - brace (n.)
A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock. - brace (n.)
A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt. - brace (n.)
Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders. - brace (n.)
Harness; warlike preparation. - brace (n.)
Armor for the arm; vantbrace. - brace (n.)
The mouth of a shaft. - brace (v. t.)
To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building. - brace (v. t.)
To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves. - brace (v. t.)
To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly. - brace (v. t.)
To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd. - brace (v. t.)
To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards. - brace (v. i.)
To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure, serves to prevent distortion of the structure. -
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An oblique piece of timber used in a roof or other trussed framework to stiffen the stucture. -
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Structural member connecting the post to the rafter in a roof truss. -
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Oblique part ensuring the rigidity of the angle formed by the ridge purlin and the king post in a roof truss.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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brās, n. anything that draws together and holds tightly: a bandage: a pair or couple: an instrument of wood or iron used by carpenters and metal-workers for turning boring tools: in printing, a mark connecting two or more words or lines (}): (pl.) straps for supporting the trousers: ropes for squaring or traversing horizontally the yards of a ship.—v.t. to tighten or strengthen, to give firmness to.—adj. Brac′ing, giving strength or tone. [O. Fr. brace (Fr. bras), the arm, power—L. brachium, Gr. brachiōn, the arm, as holding together.]
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brās, v.t. (Spens.) to embrace, encompass
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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bras, a rope employed to wheel, or traverse the sails upon the mast, in a direction parallel to the horizon, when it is necessary to shift the sails that they may correspond with the direction of the wind and the course of the ship. Braces are, for this purpose, fastened to the extremities of the yards, which are called the yard-arms.All the braces of the yards are double, except those of the top-gallant, and spritsail-topsail yards. The mizen-yard is furnished with fangs, or vangs, in the room of braces. See the article MIZEN.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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The braces are ropes belonging to all the yards of a ship; two to each yard, rove through blocks that are stropped to the yards, or fastened to pendants, seized to the yard-arms. Their use is either to square or traverse the yards horizontally; hence, to brace the yard, is to bring it to either side by means of the braces. In ship-building, braces are plates of iron, copper, or mixed metal, which are used to bind efficiently a weakness in a vessel; as also to receive the pintles by which the rudder is hung.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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Security for the trousers.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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The Brace tavern; a room in the S.E. corner of the King's Bench, where, for the convenience of prisoners residing thereabouts, beer purchased at the tap-house was retailed at a halfpenny per pot advance. It was kept by two brothers of the name of Partridge, and thence called the Brace.
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