Brace

Meaning of Brace

noun
  1. a device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support.
    a neck brace
  2. 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.
  3. a pair of something, typically of birds or mammals killed in hunting.
    thirty brace of grouse
  4. 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.
verb
  1. make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support.
    the posts were braced by lengths of timber
  2. 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 .

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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:

pair

Meaning suspender:

suspender, gallus

Meaning braces:

braces

Meaning bitstock:

bitstock

Meaning bracing:

bracing

Meaning poise:

poise

Meaning steady:

steady, stabilize

Meaning stimulate:

stimulate, arouse, energize

Meaning a thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright:

support

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:

caliper

Meaning a framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure:

truss

Meaning a pair of related novels, plays, or films:

duology

Meaning equivalent to the sum of one and one; one less than three; 2:

two

Meaning a set of two things:

duplet

Meaning (in card games, especially bridge) a pair of cards which are the only cards of their suit in a hand:

doubleton

Meaning each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context:

bracket

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:

parenthesis

Meaning increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce:

buttress

Meaning support and move (someone or something) from one place to another:

carry

Meaning carry the weight of; support:

bear

Meaning support (a building or other structure) from below by laying a solid foundation below ground level or by substituting stronger for weaker materials:

underpin

Meaning make or become stronger:

strengthen

Meaning strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material:

reinforce

Meaning provide (a place) with defensive works as protection against attack:

fortify

Meaning support, especially with a prop:

underprop

Meaning make (someone) ready or able to do or deal with something:

prepare

Meaning brace oneself mentally to face a demanding situation:

nerve

Meaning mentally prepare (oneself) to do or face something difficult:

steel

Meaning shock or excite (someone) into taking action:

galvanize

Meaning encircle (a person or part of the body) with a belt or band:

gird

Meaning support or strengthen:

bolster

Anagrams of Brace

acerb, Barce, caber

Words that rhyme with Brace

Race, race, arace, harace, tessarace, bitbrace, brace, 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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