Brace

Word BRACE
Character 5
Hyphenation brace
Pronunciations /bɹeɪs/

Definitions and meanings of "Brace"

What do we mean by brace?

A device that holds or fastens two or more parts together or in place; a clamp. noun

A device, such as a supporting beam in a building or a connecting wire or rope, that steadies or holds something else erect. noun

Suspenders. noun

An orthopedic appliance used to support, align, or hold a bodily part in the correct position. noun

A dental appliance constructed of bands and wires that is fixed to the teeth to correct irregular alignment. noun

An extremely stiff, erect posture. noun

A cause or source of renewed physical or spiritual vigor. noun

A protective pad strapped to the bow arm of an archer. noun

A rope by which a yard is swung and secured on a square-rigged ship. noun

A cranklike handle with an adjustable aperture at one end for securing and turning a bit. noun

A leather loop that slides to change the tension on the cord of a drum. noun

A vertical line, usually accompanied by the symbol {, connecting two or more staffs. noun

A set of staffs connected in this way. noun

A symbol, { or }, enclosing two or more lines of text or listed items to show that they are considered as a unit. noun

Either of a pair of symbols, { }, used to indicate aggregation or to clarify the grouping of quantities when parentheses and square brackets have already been used. noun

A pair of like things. noun

To furnish with a brace. intransitive verb

To support or hold steady with or as if with a brace; reinforce. intransitive verb

To prepare or position so as to be ready for impact or danger. intransitive verb

Armor for the arm; vambrace.

A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.

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.

The state of being braced or tight; tension.

Harness; warlike preparation.

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.

A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) 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.

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.

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.

(chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.

(plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.

Two goals scored by one player in a game.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Brace

The word "brace" in example sentences

The term brace, which imports a pair, was employed. ❋ Unknown (1906)

Going back to a brace is a step backward; digression. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But the point I refer to is this: the old instrument, the trepan, had a handle like a wimble, what we call a brace or bit-stock. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

Hanging on the brace was a large copper kettle, its sides blackened with soot. ❋ Michael J. Solender (2010)

Second course, what they're calling a brace of American birds, and the third and final course, apple sponge cake. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The difference is that the rafter represents the sides, while the brace is the hypotenuse. ❋ Tedd Benson (1980)

"I ain't got what you might call folks," he managed to say, "unless you call a brace of dogs, folks." ❋ Unknown (N/A)

{8} Sportsman's Calendar, are called a brace of knowing ones; and, as a great many people about London affect to be thought knowing ones, they dress themselves in these fashions, as if it could add to the dignity of ahead, to shew they have taken their degrees from students in the stable, up to the masters of arts, upon a coach-box. ❋ Geo. Alex. Stevens (1893)

To find the range the artillery sends what in the American army are called brace shots -- one aimed at a point beyond the mark and one short of it. ❋ Richard Harding Davis (1890)

Note the last parenthesis after closing-brace, which is actually ending the function call! ❋ Ajay Vijayvargiya (2010)

To these ropes were attached, by each end of a so-called brace-fastening, two little bronze pulleys which supported an iron upright fixed into a level platform, on which stood two angels fastened by their girdles. ❋ Giorgio Vasari (1542)

The expression is closed with the leftmost end brace, which is followed by an even number of consecutive braces, which means they are all escaped sequences. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He had been struggling most of the season and scoring a brace could be the jumpstart United needs ❋ Unknown (2009)

The material in the brace was a very small part of a large batch of strap. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Remedy: Dealers will install a left and right brace, which is intended to reduce front mount distortion during certain crash conditions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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