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Synonyms:
Support, reinforcement, prop, bolster, buttress
A rigid connection that holds one scaffold member in a fixed position with respect to another member, or to a building or structure.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
brace (verb)transitive verb
1.
archaic to fasten tightly - bind
2.
a) to prepare for use by making taut
b) - prepare steel brace yourself for the shock
c) - invigorate freshen
3.
to turn (a sail yard) by means of a brace
4.
a) to furnish or support with a brace - heavily braced against the wind
b) to make stronger - reinforce
5.
to put or plant firmly - braces his foot in the stirrup
6.
intransitive verb
to waylay especially with demands or questions
1.
to take heart - used with up
2.
to get ready (as for an attack)
1.
something (as a clasp) that connects or fastens
2.
two of a kind - pair several brace of quail
3.
a crank-shaped instrument for turning a bit
4.
something that transmits, directs, resists, or supports weight or pressure as
a) a diagonal piece of structural material that serves to strengthen something (as a framework)
b) a rope rove through a block at the end of a ship's yard to swing it horizontally
c) - suspenders
d) an appliance for supporting a body part
e) an orthodontic appliance usually of metallic wire that is used especially to exert pressure to straighten misaligned teeth
5.
a) one of two marks { } used to connect words or items to be considered together
b) one of these marks connecting two or more musical staffs carrying parts to be performed simultaneously
c) - bracket
6.
a position of rigid attention
7.
something that arouses energy or strengthens morale
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
brace (noun)1.
a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else
SYNONYMS:
brace, buttress, mount, mounting, prop, reinforcement, shore, spur, stay, underpinningRELATED WORDS:
shoring; column, pedestal, pilaster, pillar; arch, bolster, bracket, cantilever, girder; bearing; crutch, peg, post, stake, stanchion, stand, stilt, strut, truss; base, foundation, frame2.
two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together
SYNONYMS:
brace, couple, couplet, duo, dyad, twain, twosomeRELATED WORDS:
span, yoke; partnership, team; companion, complement, doublet, fellow, half, match, mate, twin; coordinate, counterpart, equal, equivalent, like, parallel, peer, rival1.
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
SYNONYMS:
amp (up), brace, energize, enliven, fillip, fire, ginger (up), invigorate, jazz (up), juice up, jump-start, liven (up), pep (up), quicken, spike, stimulate, vitalize, vivify, zip (up)RELATED WORDS:
arouse, awake, awaken, raise, rouse, stir, wake (up); activate, actuate, drive, impel, motivate, motive, move, propel; charge, electrify, galvanize; enkindle, excite, ferment, foment, incite, inflame ( enflame), instigate, kindle, provoke, set off, spark, trigger, turn on, whip (up); abet, boost, buoy, cheer, embolden, fortify, hearten, infuse, inspire, lift, rally, steel, strengthen; reactivate, reanimate, reawake, reawaken, recharge, recreate, reenergize, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, rekindle, renew, restimulate, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, reviveNEAR ANTONYMS:
burn out, debilitate, do in, drain, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, fag, fatigue, harass, kayo, knock out, sap, tucker (out), undermine, wash out, weaken, wear, wear out, weary; check, curb, inhibit, jade, quell, quench, repress, restrain, slow, still, stunt, suppress; daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit2.
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
SYNONYMS:
bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, sustain, undergird, underpin, upholdRELATED WORDS:
steady, truss, underlie3.
to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally
SYNONYMS:
brace, forearm, nerve, poise, psych (up), ready, steel, strengthenRELATED WORDS:
arm; harden, inure, season, toughen; bolster, boost, buoy (up), buttress, enforce, prop (up), reinforce ( reenforce), support, sustain; cheer (up), comfort, embolden, encourage, hearten, inspire; rally, rouse, stirNEAR ANTONYMS:
daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, psych (out), shake, unnerve; debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, prostrate, sap, soften, tire, undercut, undermine, weakenBrace (Wikipedia)
Brace (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɹeɪs/
- Rhymes: -eɪs
Noun
brace (plural braces)
- (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
- (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
- A curved instrument or handle of iron or
