Word Finder - brace

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Armor for the arm; vambrace.

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A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.

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A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.

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That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

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A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.

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A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.

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The state of being braced or tight; tension.

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Harness; warlike preparation.

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A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.

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A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.

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A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.

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A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.

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The mouth of a shaft.

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(chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.

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(plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.

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Two goals scored by one player in a game.

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To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.

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All hands, brace for impact!

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To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.

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He braced himself against the crowd.

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To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.

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to brace the yards

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To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.

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To confront with questions, demands or requests.

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To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.

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to brace a beam in a building

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To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.

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to brace the nerves

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To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

Look for anything to brace the door!

She looked around for something to brace the door and ended up leaning against it.

Katie rushed to the door, trying to brace it.

The door held, and she scrambled back to brace it.

But on the night before the algebra examination, while I was struggling over some very complicated examples, I could not tell the combinations of bracket, brace and radical.

The horse becomes low in condition and moves about quietly, and the frost tends to brace up the limbs.

He felt it necessary to hold his head higher, to brace himself, and to question the esaul with an air of importance about tomorrow's undertaking, that he might not be unworthy of the company in which he found himself.

He saw the skin patches, fracture brace, and laser-sealed wounds—evidence of the medic's quick work—but he also saw the unusual bulge in the wounded soldier's side.

The makers wanted a big close-up of a huge brace chomping into pizza goo!

I'm now 7 weeks into a 13 week period of wearing a halo brace.

The eastern upright was mortised into position and had an external lateral brace to the base plate.

This week 's issue includes the biggest tench of 2005, part of the biggest brace ever !

Two-stroke machines dominated the Pre-97 class with a brace of wins for Ian Morrell.

I come at you head on and watch you brace for impact but not move away.

You've seen the all-star reality shows before, now brace yourself for the latest installment of VH1's The Surreal Life.

Drivers swerve or brace for the impact, but never hit the dog.

Attach the fan brace by slipping it through the hole in the ceiling and positioning it so that it touches the joists on both sides of the hole.

Make sure that the brace is centered and then tighten it in place.

Either a custom-made or a ready-made brace can be used.

My patella was actually floating over the face of the lateral femoral condyle without the brace.

I followed this with a brace of lightly grilled seabass in a delicate crab sauce (£ 12.50) topped with sun-dried tomato.

Just brace yourself for the next few weeks of the tabloid hacks digging up as much dirt as possible on the Gaydamak family.

Two strings of purple beads dangle down from the base of the brace to form a tail, ending in small peacocks ' feathers.

I had been fishing with mixed success with my cast of Lowland flies and a brace of half pounders nestled in my bag.

Anderson has been in a back brace since being diagnosed with a stress fracture on England 's recent tour of India.

Drywall jobs can be small, like say, filling in a nail hole, or can be big enough to require a brace to support a replacement section of drywall as a patch.

If you're a woman with generous curves and haven't yet tried wearing a plus size bustier, you should brace yourself, because you may find that once you've put one on, you'll want to wear it every day.

If you are in bed or sitting when you begin, use a hand to brace yourself and stand slowly.

Twisting or curving of the spine and bowed legs may be corrected to some degree by surgical treatment or the wearing of a special brace.

Scoliosis between 20 and 40 degrees in children is usually treated with a back brace.

Spondylolisthesis is treated with a brace in mild cases.

Injections may be used to make casting easier, ease the adjustment of a new brace, or delay surgery.

Immobilization refers to the process of holding a joint or bone in place with a splint, cast, or brace.

When an arm, hand, leg, or foot requires immobilization, the cast, splint, or brace will generally extend from the joint above the injury to the joint below the injury.

They generally have Velcro straps that make the brace easy to adjust and to put on and take off.

After the cast, splint, or brace is removed, gradual exercise is usually performed to regain muscle strength and motion.

There is the possibility of decreased circulation if the cast, splint, or brace fits too tightly.

If the cast, splint, or brace breaks or malfunctions, the healing process of the bone or soft tissue can be disrupted and lead to deformity.

The Milwaukee brace consists of metal uprights attached to pads at the hips, rib cage, and neck.

The other kind of brace is the underarm brace, which uses rigid plastic to encircle the lower rib cage, abdomen, and hips.

Both these brace types hold the spine in a vertical position.

Because it can be worn out of sight beneath clothing, the underarm brace is better tolerated and often leads to better compliance.

A third style, the Charleston bending brace, is used at night to bend the spine in the opposite direction.

Braces are often prescribed to be worn for 22 to 23 hours per day, though some clinicians allow or encourage removal of the brace for exercise.

A first aid bag that is complete with sports specific items such as splints, ace bandages, a neck brace and athletic tape.

Using your dumbbells, you'll need one flat surface at knee level to brace yourself on.

Either lock your feet on the bench brace or have someone hold your legs.

Viewers should brace themselves when Camille appears on the screen.

The greyhound puppies which it represents are identical with a brace of saplings of the present day.

A friend went out with an air rifle and shot a second pheasant, so we had a brace.