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Meaning brace meaning

What does brace mean?
Definitions in simple English

brace Noun

— A brace is a wire fitted in the child's mouth to straighten the teeth.

brace Verb

— When you brace for something, you get yourself mentally prepared for it. preparing yourself for something bad that is going to happen. The residents braced themselves for the incoming earthquake by moving to shelters earlier today.

brace

— verb (= steady) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel — verb prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult — verb support by bracing — noun a support that steadies or strengthens something else he wore a brace on his knee — noun elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) — noun a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring — noun a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it — noun a structural member used to stiffen a framework — noun an appliance that corrects dental irregularities — noun either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material — noun (= pair) a set of two similar things considered as a unit — verb (= stimulate) cause to be alert and energetic Coffee and tea stimulate me This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate — noun (= couple) two items of the same kind

Synonyms brace synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as brace?

brace English » English

pair support couple prop clamp uphold staple parenthesis strut bracket span bracing suspender rest reinforce holdfast yoke two twain tie stimulate stay stabilize set prop up perk up knot gallus firm up energize energise duad buttress bitstock arouse wimble vinculum twosome truss subvention substantiate strengthen stick steady stabilise splint splice shore up shore prepare for

Topics brace topics

What do people use brace to talk about?
Person Healthy

Treat disease
Work and occupation Tool

Fastening tool
Physical actions Move Move in a direction Move down

Fall
Physical actions Move something Handle something

Support
States Quantity Number Cardinal numbers

Two
States Quantity Number

Numbered group
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to trouble

Brave

Conjugation brace conjugation

How do you conjugate brace?

brace · verb

Examples brace examples

How do I use brace in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Brace for impact.
Brace yourself.
Tom wore a neck brace for several months after receiving a whiplash injury in a car accident.
Brace for impact!
Tom had to wear a neck brace after Mary pushed him down the stairs.
Now brace yourself.
Brace yourselves for impact.
Tom was wearing a neck brace.
Brace yourselves.

Movie subtitles

Brace and to the patient's left. Very gently on three.
We have all night, so brace yourselves. Nice! Wooh!
Brace that siege tower.
It's none of my business. but I think there's a brace of woodpeckers in the orchestra.
Come on, dear sir, brace up.
Brace up.
Well, brace up now, Thunderer.
We just found a split in the main brace, Captain.
A split in what main brace?
Yes, I was having a brace put on my teeth.
Maureen sent us a brace from Scotland.
Personally I prefer a brace of spanking horses and a good carriage.
Now, brace up.
Splice the main-brace, Mr. Morgan.
It's a pity I didn't know you were coming, I would have provided a brace of pheasants.
The air will brace me up.
Brace yourself, Baron Holenia.
Brace yourself.
It's natural of course, brace yourself.
Brace around the foremain yard!
And brace yourself.
Sit down and brace yourself. Listen. Forget about the bottle.
It's a brace to make my teeth straight.
Well now, brace yourself man, brace yourself.
Yes, I was having a brace put on my teeth. Where were you?
Brace yourdelf and dqueeze.
We made reservations and wired Uncle George to brace himself for a niece.
Weather main brace! Weather yards!
Brace yourself, man. Brace yourself.
Brace yourself, man.

News and current affairs

In traditional Western European markets, health officials should brace for a rise in the number of deaths from drug overdoses, as this year's bumper opium crop will lead to higher-purity doses of heroin.
Given the improbability of such an outcome, Europeans must brace themselves for another bout of political and legal turmoil.
Either we put a meaningful cap on the size of our largest financial firms, or we must brace ourselves for the debt-fueled economic explosion to come.
Europeans should brace themselves for what is coming.
They will have to brace themselves for an extensive period of diminished expectations that will last much longer than the next economic boom, and that will require substantial structural changes in the US economy.

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