brace
Meaning of brace
noun
- a device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support.
a neck brace
- a pair of straps that pass over the shoulders and fasten to the top of trousers at the front and back to hold them up.
- a pair of something, typically of birds or mammals killed in hunting.
thirty brace of grouse
- either of the two marks { and }, used either to indicate that two or more items on one side have the same relationship as each other to the single item to which the other side points, or in pairs to show that words between them are connected.
- make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support.
the posts were braced by lengths of timber
- prepare (oneself) for something difficult or unpleasant.
both stations are bracing themselves for job losses
police are braced for a traffic nightmare today
Middle English (as a verb meaning ‘clasp, fasten tightly’): from Old French bracier ‘embrace’, from brace ‘two arms’, from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium ‘arm’, from Greek brakhiōn .
Information about brace
- The plural form of brace is: braces.
- Languages in which brace is used:
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Hyphenation of brace
brace
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- brace is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
brace synonyms
Meaning couple:
couple, pair, twosome, twain, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
Meaning pair:
Meaning suspender:
Meaning braces:
Meaning bitstock:
Meaning bracing:
Meaning poise:
Meaning steady:
Meaning stimulate:
Meaning a thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright:
Meaning an instrument for measuring external or internal dimensions, having two hinged legs resembling a pair of compasses and in-turned or out-turned points:
Meaning a framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure:
Meaning a pair of related novels, plays, or films:
Meaning equivalent to the sum of one and one; one less than three; 2:
Meaning a set of two things:
Meaning (in card games, especially bridge) a pair of cards which are the only cards of their suit in a hand:
Meaning each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context:
Meaning a word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas:
Meaning increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce:
Meaning support and move (someone or something) from one place to another:
Meaning carry the weight of; support:
Meaning support (a building or other structure) from below by laying a solid foundation below ground level or by substituting stronger for weaker materials:
Meaning make or become stronger:
Meaning strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material:
Meaning provide (a place) with defensive works as protection against attack:
Meaning support, especially with a prop:
Meaning make (someone) ready or able to do or deal with something:
Meaning brace oneself mentally to face a demanding situation:
Meaning mentally prepare (oneself) to do or face something difficult:
Meaning shock or excite (someone) into taking action:
Meaning encircle (a person or part of the body) with a belt or band:
Meaning support or strengthen:
Translation of brace
- French: entretoise, fiche, contrefiche, contre-fiche, décharge, aisselier, esselier
- Spanish: tirante
- Italian: tirante
Anagrams of brace
Words that rhyme with brace
Race, race, arace, harace, tessarace, Brace, bitbrace, coembrace, counterbrace, demivambrace, disembrace, embrace, forebrace, gardbrace, interembrace, mainbrace, overbrace, rebrace, reembrace, rerebrace, subrace, thoroughbrace, unbrace, underbrace, upbrace, vambrace, vanbrace, vantbrace, Landrace, headrace, landrace, Liberace, horserace, prerace, tiderace, Grace, aggrace, agrace, begrace, bongrace, bowgrace, disgrace, engrace, grace, malgrace, overgrace, predisgrace, scapegrace, ungrace, wangrace
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