bracing
Meaning of bracing
- fresh and invigorating.
the bracing sea air
- (of a support) serving to brace a structure.
bracing struts
- 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 bracing
- The plural form of bracing is: bracings.
- Languages in which bracing is used:
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Hyphenation of bracing
brac-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- bracing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
bracing synonyms
Meaning brisk:
brisk, energizing, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic
Meaning brace:
Meaning making one feel strong, healthy, and full of energy:
Meaning encouraging or arousing interest or enthusiasm:
Meaning making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling:
Meaning make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing:
Meaning restore to life or consciousness:
Meaning having the ability to restore health, strength, or well-being:
Meaning give new energy or vigour to; revitalize:
Meaning imbue (something) with new life and vitality:
Meaning give strength and energy to:
Meaning exciting; stirring:
Meaning provide (a place) with defensive works as protection against attack:
Meaning make or become stronger:
Meaning indicating or promoting good health:
Meaning having or conducive to good health:
Meaning health-giving; healthy:
Meaning resulting in good; favourable or advantageous:
Meaning (especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial:
Meaning (of the weather) cool, fresh, and invigorating:
Meaning of or at a fairly low temperature:
Meaning having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm:
Meaning encouraging and enlivening:
Meaning bear all or part of the weight of; hold up:
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 strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material:
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:
bracing antonyms
Meaning causing one to need rest or sleep; fatiguing:
Words that rhyme with bracing
Macing, acing, afacing, aggracing, antiracing, backspacing, belacing, boldfacing, catfacing, chacing, commonplacing, counterbracing, defacing, disgracing, dispacing, displacing, effacing, embacing, embracing, emplacing, enfacing, engracing, enlacing, enracing, facing, footracing, furnacing, gracing, grimacing, horseracing, inlacing, interembracing, interfacing, interlacing, interspacing, intertracing, lacing, letterspacing, macing, manacing, medevacing, menacing, microspacing, misplacing, misspacing, mistracing, necklacing, nonfacing, nonmenacing, outfacing