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brace

UK/bɹeɪs/ US/ˈbreɪs/ fairly common uk
verb (4) noun (9)

verb

1.

prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult

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2.

support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

  • “brace your elbows while working on the potter”
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3.
4.

cause to be alert and energetic

  • “Coffee and tea stimulate me”
  • “This herbal infusion doesn”
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noun

1.

a support that steadies or strengthens something else

  • “he wore a brace on his knee”
2.
3.

a set of two similar things considered as a unit

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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.

elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)

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7.

an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

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8.

the stock of a tool used for turning a drilling bit

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9.

a structural member used to stiffen a framework

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Origin

From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”).

Phrases

  • angle brace
  • Boston brace
  • brace aback
  • brace about
  • brace abox
  • brace by
  • brace in
  • brace of shakes
  • brace oneself
  • brace up
  • Chêneau brace
  • cross brace

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