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Brace

noun

1.

A support that steadies or strengthens something else.

2.

Two items of the same kind. Synonyms: couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke.

3.

A set of two similar things considered as a unit. Synonym: pair.

4.

Either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material.

5.

A rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it.

6.

Elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural). Synonyms: gallus, suspender.

7.

An appliance that corrects dental irregularities. Synonyms: braces, orthodontic braces.

8.

A carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring. Synonym: bitstock.

9.

A structural member used to stiffen a framework. Synonym: bracing.

verb

(past & past part. braced; pres. part. bracing)

1.

Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult. Synonym: poise.

2.

Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace. Synonyms: stabilise, stabilize, steady.

3.

Support by bracing.

4.

Cause to be alert and energetic. Synonyms: arouse, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate. "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

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"Brace" Quotes from Famous Books

... simple conundrum. My mind reverted to my school days. I found myself declining musa. Curious to relate, I had entirely forgotten the genitive of ego.... With infinite trouble I managed to break into a vegetarian restaurant, and made a meal off some precocious haricot beans, a brace of Welsh rabbits, and ten ...

— The War of the Wenuses • C. L. Graves and E. V. Lucas

... sense enough not to appreciate it, anyway," said Jimmy. "It's weakened me so that I'll have to have another piece of chocolate to brace me up," and he suited the action to ...

— The Radio Boys' First Wireless - Or Winning the Ferberton Prize • Allen Chapman

... The cars were filled with terror-stricken people who were fleeing from death, when death was everywhere. They fled from the city only to meet the dreaded apparition in the country. As they journeyed on Leroy grew restless and feverish. He tried to brace himself against the infection which was creeping slowly but insidiously into his life, dulling his brain, fevering his blood, and prostrating his strength. But vain were all his efforts. He had no armor strong enough to repel the invasion of death. They stopped at a small town on the way and obtained ...

— Iola Leroy - Shadows Uplifted • Frances E.W. Harper

... on the top except a suit of very good clothes, carefully brushed and folded. They had never been worn, my mother said. Under that, the miscellany began—a quadrant, a tin canikin, several sticks of tobacco, two brace of very handsome pistols, a piece of bar silver, an old Spanish watch and some other trinkets of little value and mostly of foreign make, a pair of compasses mounted with brass, and five or six curious West Indian shells. I have often wondered since why he should have carried about these shells ...

— Treasure Island • Robert Louis Stevenson

... "Brace up, Dan. Who knows? Kitty may be on the high seas, that is, if she has taken my advice and got a return-ticket. I'll give you a dinner at the Bertolini to-night, and you may have the magnum of any vintage you like. We'll have Tomass' drive us down the Via Caracciolo. ...

— The Lure of the Mask • Harold MacGrath

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