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Braces

noun

1.

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

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" Antonyms: de-energise, de-energize, sedate.

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"Braces" Quotes from Famous Books

... said with the air and the voice of a man who braces himself to mount the scaffold, "it must be done; ...

— The Clique of Gold • Emile Gaboriau

... feet above the deck. Square-rigged ships of the same capacity would have required crews of a hundred men, but these schooners were comfortably handled by a company of fifteen all told, only ten of whom were in the forecastle. There was no need of sweating and hauling at braces and halliards. The steam-winch undertook all this toil. The tremendous sails, stretching a hundred feet from boom to gaff could not have been managed otherwise. Even for trimming sheets or setting topsails, it was necessary merely to ...

— The Old Merchant Marine - A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors, Volume 36 in - the Chronicles Of America Series • Ralph D. Paine

... introducing a constringent principal into a mass of amorphic particles, that Plato proclaims that these friends will have all things in common; and, challenged by the questions of his companions in the dialogue to say how far he will be ready to go in the application of so paradoxical a rule, he braces himself to a surprising degree of consistency. How far then will Plato, a somewhat Machiavelian theorist, as you saw, and with something of "fixed" ideas about practical things, taking desperate means towards a somewhat exclusively conceived ideal of social well-being, ...

— Plato and Platonism • Walter Horatio Pater

... book are indicated by numbers enclosed in curly braces, e.g. {99}. They have been located where page breaks occurred in the original book. For its Index, a page number has been placed only at the start ...

— Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers • Anonymous

... cranium, while his long gray hair fell over the neck of his frock coat. His clothes, much too large for him, appeared to have been made for him at a time when he was very stout. One could guess that his pantaloons were not held up by braces, and that this man could not take ten paces without having to pull them up and readjust them. Did he wear a vest? The mere thought of his boots and the feet they enveloped filled me with horror. The frayed cuffs were as black at the edges as ...

— Selected Writings of Guy de Maupassant • Guy de Maupassant

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