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| 1. | [ verb ] prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult | |
| Synonyms: | poise | |
| Related terms: | prepare steel aplomb | |
| 2. | [ verb ] support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | |
| Synonyms: | steady stabilize stabilise | |
| Examples: | "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel" |
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| Related terms: | strengthen ballast guy stabilisation | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a support that steadies or strengthens something else | |
| Examples: | "he wore a brace on his knee" |
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| Related terms: | support strengthener back_brace skeg neck_brace knee_brace ankle_brace | |
| 4. | [ verb ] support by bracing | |
| Related terms: | hold tread | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a set of two similar things considered as a unit | |
| Synonyms: | pair | |
| Related terms: | set Tweedledum_and_Tweedledee geminate | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (clothing) elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) | |
| Synonyms: | gallus suspender | |
| Related terms: | clothing strap plural | |
| 7. | [ noun ] the stock of a tool used for turning a drilling bit | |
| Synonyms: | bitstock | |
| Related terms: | stock brace_and_bit | |
| 8. | [ noun ] two items of the same kind | |
| Synonyms: | pair couple couplet twain twosome dyad yoke distich duo duet span duad doubleton | |
| Related terms: | two doubleton geminate | |
| 9. | [ verb ] cause to be alert and energetic | |
| Synonyms: | stimulate arouse energize perk_up energise | |
| Examples: | "Coffee and tea stimulate me" "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" |
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| Related terms: | sedate de-energize affect animate enliven enliven invigorate cathect energy push stimulant energy energizing animator bracer | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (nautical) a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it | |
| Related terms: | rope royal_brace | |
| 11. | [ noun ] either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material | |
| Related terms: | punctuation | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (dentistry) an appliance that corrects dental irregularities | |
| Synonyms: | braces | |
| Related terms: | dental_appliance | |
| 13. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5459 | |
| 14. | [ noun ] a structural member used to stiffen a framework | |
| Synonyms: | bracing | |
| Related terms: | strengthener structural_member guy stay crosspiece stringer gusset strut tie framework | |
| Similar spelling: |
Bracey Bryce Bruce Brice Broce Bryaceae Breece Breakey Brickey Breiz Breck brick break broca braze Brase brake broke Brage Brose Braga Bracy bruch Bruck Brack brusa Brock Brees breech Brazee breach Breaux Bracco breeze breezy Brekke Bresee Bressi Briese Brixey broach Breese Brochu Brocks bruise browse Brouse Brooke Brazeau brogue braque brewage breccia braise Brescia |
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