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brace

English

🔊 a structural member used to stiffen a framework
🔊 a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
🔊 an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
🔊 a support that steadies or strengthens something else
“he wore a brace on his knee”
🔊 elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
🔊 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
🔊 a set of two similar things considered as a unit
🔊 two items of the same kind
🔊 support by bracing
🔊 support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
“brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel”
🔊 prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
🔊 cause to be alert and energetic
“Coffee and tea stimulate me”