Defenition of the word brace

• Defenition of the word brace

  • A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure, serves to prevent distortion of the structure.
  • An oblique piece of timber used in a roof or other trussed framework to stiffen the stucture.
  • Structural member connecting the post to the rafter in a roof truss.
  • Oblique part ensuring the rigidity of the angle formed by the ridge purlin and the king post in a roof truss.
  • a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee"
  • a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
  • either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
  • support by bracing
  • the stock of a tool used for turning a drilling bit
  • an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
  • a structural member used to stiffen a framework
  • prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
  • support or hold steady, as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
  • straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
  • two items of the same kind
  • a set of two similar things considered as a unit
  • cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"
  • elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
  • cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn''t stimulate"
  • support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter''s wheel"
  • a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
  • a support that steadies or strengthens something else
  • cause to be alert and energetic
  • support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

Synonyms for the word brace

• • arouse
  • bitstock
  • braces
  • bracing
  • bracket
  • buttress
  • couple
  • couplet
  • distich
  • doubleton
  • duad
  • duet
  • duo
  • dyad
  • energise
  • energize
  • gallus
  • orthodontic braces
  • pair
  • perk up
  • poise
  • prop
  • span
  • stabilise
  • stabilize
  • stay
  • steady
  • stimulate
  • strut
  • support
  • suspender
  • twain
  • twosome
  • yoke

Similar words in the brace

• • brace
  • brace's
  • braced
  • bracelet
  • bracelet's
  • bracelets
  • braces

Meronymys for the word brace

• • brace and bit
  • frame
  • framework
  • framing

Hyponyms for the word brace

• • animate
  • ankle brace
  • back brace
  • ballast
  • cathect
  • crosspiece
  • crosstie
  • doubleton
  • enliven
  • gusset
  • gusset plate
  • guy
  • guy cable
  • guy rope
  • guy wire
  • invigorate
  • knee brace
  • liven
  • liven up
  • neck brace
  • nerve
  • quicken
  • railroad tie
  • reanimate
  • recreate
  • reinvigorate
  • renovate
  • repair
  • revive
  • revivify
  • royal brace
  • skeg
  • sleeper
  • stay
  • steel
  • stringer
  • strut
  • tie
  • tread
  • Tweedledee and Tweedledum
  • Tweedledum and Tweedledee
  • vivify

Hypernyms for the word brace

• • 2
  • affect
  • apparel
  • article of clothing
  • beef up
  • clothes
  • clothing
  • dental appliance
  • deuce
  • fix
  • fortify
  • gear up
  • hold
  • hold up
  • II
  • man's clothing
  • prepare
  • punctuation
  • punctuation mark
  • ready
  • reinforcement
  • rope
  • set
  • set up
  • stock
  • strengthen
  • strengthener
  • structural member
  • support
  • sustain
  • two
  • vesture
  • wear
  • wearing apparel

Antonyms for the word brace

• • calm
  • de-energise
  • de-energize
  • sedate
  • tranquilize
  • tranquillise
  • tranquillize

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