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US
/ˈbɹeɪs/
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[ UK /bɹˈeɪs/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈeɪs/ ]
NOUN
- a structural member used to stiffen a framework
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a support that steadies or strengthens something else
he wore a brace on his knee - elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
- an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
- two items of the same kind
- either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
- a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
VERB
- support by bracing
- prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
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support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel -
cause to be alert and energetic
Coffee and tea stimulate me
This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate
How To Use brace In A Sentence
- Rose of Sharon braced her body against the movements of the car in an effort to protect her fetus.
- Hopefully, North Norfolk will soon shake off this surreal obsession with the Lib Dems and embrace their NE Cambs neighbour's decent Tory stance. Will Iain Dale have to repay the donations ?
- It seems to embrace a lot of our speculations here about the willful nature of ideas, and works well for things within our conscious realm, from babies to ballpoints.
- Ketheral looked around the inside of the armory, picked up a chainwhip, a normal whip, a brace of throwing knives, and a couple of shields.
- A gold bracelet will be on your wrist till the end of time. Times, Sunday Times
- Why then do we long to embrace incorporeality and flee our embodied natures?
- McCoy had fully embraced the idea of belated fatherhood his declarations to the contrary notwithstanding. The Better Man
- Hazel wore a medieval-styled dress with a gold-braced bodice, gold chiffon sleeves and a gold train.
- Will Ralphie boy have a similar experience and actually convert from his corrupt “moneychanger” fake Christian mentality and embrace more liberal, compassionate Christian beliefs and behaviors? Firedoglake » Safavian Found Guilty
- Her lips met his and she revelled in the heat of their embrace.