brace in English dictionary

  • brace

    Meanings and definitions of "brace"

    • To prepare for something bad, as an impact or blow. All hands, brace for impact!
    • (nautical) 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
    • (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
    • To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police
    • (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
    • To confront with questions, demands or requests
    • A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
    • That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
    • A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension
    • A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
    • A vertical curved line or "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {{role, roll}}; or, in music, used to connect staves.
    • A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.)
    • 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.
    • (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
    • The mouth of a shaft.
    • (usually plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
    • (usually plural) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth.
    • (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Armor for the arm; vambrace.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
    • noun
      A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
    • noun
      That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
    • noun
      A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
    • noun
      A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
    • noun
      The state of being braced or tight; tension.
    • noun
      Harness; warlike preparation.
    • noun
      (typography)
      A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
    • 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 British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.
    • 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.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
    • noun
      (Britain, Cornwall, mining)
      The mouth of a shaft.
    • noun
      (chiefly in the plural)
      Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
    • noun
      (chiefly in the plural)
      A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
    • noun
      (soccer)
      Two goals scored by one player in a game.
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive)
      To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
    • verb
      To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
    • verb
      (nautical)
      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.
    • verb
      To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
    • verb
      To confront with questions, demands or requests.
    • verb
      To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
    • verb
      To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
    • verb
      To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
    • system to correct crooked teeth
    • two goals
    • to prepare oneself for an impact
    • to swing round the yards
    • that which holds tightly
    • arrangement for producing tension
    • vertical curved line (curly bracket)
    • rope for moving a yard
    • bitstock
    • suspenders
    • An oblique piece of timber used in a roof or other trussed framework to stiffen the stucture.
    • Structural member connecting the post to the rafter in a roof truss.
    • A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure, serves to prevent distortion of the structure.
    • Oblique part ensuring the rigidity of the angle formed by the ridge purlin and the king post in a roof truss.
    • noun
      an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
    • noun
      a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
    • noun
      a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
    • noun
      a set of two similar things considered as a unit
    • noun
      a structural member used to stiffen a framework
    • noun
      a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee"
    • noun
      either of two punctuation marks () used to enclose textual material
    • noun
      elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
    • noun
      (music) connected staves.
      pending on the instruments playing, the brace, (occasionally called an "accolade" in some old texts), will vary in designs and styles.
    • noun
      two items of the same kind
    • verb
      cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
    • verb
      prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
    • verb
      support by bracing
    • verb
      support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"

    Synonyms of "brace" in English dictionary

    support, beef up, suspender are the top synonyms of "brace" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "brace" in English dictionary

    de-energise, sedate, de-energize are the top antonyms of "brace" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of brace

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza brace; lm  liczba mnoga braces brace, braced, bracing, braces
    • brace ( third-person singular simple present braces, present participle bracing, simple past and past participle braced)
    • brace ( plural  braces)
    • brace (plural braces)
    • brace (third-person singular simple present braces, present participle bracing, simple past and past participle braced)
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