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brace
[ breys ]
noun
- something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
Synonyms:
- anything that imparts rigidity or steadiness.
- Building Trades. a piece of timber, metal, etc., for supporting or positioning another piece or portion of a framework.
Synonyms: , ,
- Usually 产谤补肠路别蝉 []. Orthodontics. an appliance made of metal or plastic, worn on the surface of the teeth to straighten them through gradual pressure: The patient needed a brace only on the upper teeth.
I wore braces for several years.
The patient needed a brace only on the upper teeth.
- Medicine/Medical. an appliance or compression sleeve for supporting a weak joint or joints.
- Printing. curly bracket ( def ).
- Music. connected staves one below the other, such as for different voices or instruments, or for left and right hand in keyboard music.
- 产谤补肠路别蝉 [brey, -siz], Chiefly British. suspenders.
- a pair; couple:
The hunter had a brace of hounds at his side.
- Music. leather loops sliding upon the tightening cords of a drum to change their tension and the drum's pitch.
- Nautical. (on a square-rigged ship) a rope by which a yard is swung about and secured horizontally.
- a protective band covering the wrist or lower part of the arm, especially one worn in archery to protect the bow hand from the snap of the bowstring.
- Military. a position of attention with exaggeratedly stiff posture.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish, fasten, or strengthen with or as if with a brace.
Synonyms: , ,
- to fix firmly; make steady; secure against pressure or impact:
He braces himself when the ship rolls. Brace yourself for some bad news.
- to make tight; increase the tension of.
Synonyms: ,
- to act as a stimulant to.
Synonyms:
- Nautical. to swing or turn around (the yards of a ship) by means of the braces.
- Military. to order (a subordinate) to assume and maintain a position of attention with exaggeratedly stiff posture.
verb (used without object)
- Military. to assume a position of attention with exaggeratedly stiff posture.
verb phrase
- Nautical. to brace (the yards of a square-rigged vessel) more nearly athwartships, as for running free.
brace
/ 产谤别瑟蝉 /
noun
- a hand tool for drilling holes, with a socket to hold the drill at one end and a cranked handle by which the tool can be turned In fullhand brace See also brace and bit
- something that steadies, binds, or holds up another thing
- a structural member, such as a beam or prop, used to stiffen a framework
- a sliding loop, usually of leather, attached to the cords of a drum: used to change its tension
- a pair; two, esp of game birds
a brace of partridges
- either of a pair of characters, { }, used for connecting lines of printing or writing or as a third sign of aggregation in complex mathematical or logical expressions that already contain parentheses and square brackets
- Also calledaccolade a line or bracket connecting two or more staves of music
- often plural an appliance of metal bands and wires that can be tightened to maintain steady pressure on the teeth for correcting uneven alignment
- med any of various appliances for supporting the trunk, a limb, or teeth
- another word for bracer 2
- (in square-rigged sailing ships) a rope that controls the movement of a yard and thus the position of a sail
- See braces
verb
- to provide, strengthen, or fit with a brace
- to steady or prepare (oneself or something) as before an impact
- also intr to stimulate; freshen; invigorate
sea air is bracing
- to control the horizontal movement of (the yards of a square-rigged sailing ship)
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辞路惫别谤路产谤补肠别 verb (used with object) overbraced overbracing
- 谤别路产谤补肠别 verb (used with object) rebraced rebracing
- 耻苍路诲别谤路产谤补肠别 noun
- 耻苍路诲别谤路产谤补肠别 verb (used with object) underbraced underbracing
- well-braced adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of brace1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of brace1
Idioms and Phrases
- brace up, Informal. to summon up one's courage; become resolute:
She choked back her tears and braced up.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Residents are also bracing for the next storm and another round of trucks.
Ipswich Town's rapid rise to the top is now starting a descent the club itself has been braced for.
Now the Pasadena small-business owner is bracing for uncertainty as the U.S. confronts its highest average effective tariff rate in nearly a century.
Consumers, businesses and markets are braced for more uncertainty as fears of a global recession have heightened.
Since then, Vanellope has had to wear a brace around her chest to protect her heart.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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