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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"

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... to divine the author's intent with a reasonable degree of certainty. The occasional error which could not be resolved was marked [sic]. Italicized letters and words are enclosed by underscores. Subscripts are represented by an underscore and curly braces: {2} (for example, SiO{2}). Ligatures which cannot be reproduced in the Latin-1 character set are enclosed in [brackets] (for ...

— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture

... might he be allowed to print it in the Mudborough Young Men's Mutual Improvement Magazine? Messrs. Smith & Smith would be extremely obliged if Mr. Lionel Moore would honor them with his opinion of the accompanying pair of their patent silver-mounted automatic self-adjusting braces. ...

— Prince Fortunatus • William Black

... day with the dew-drop-on-the-grass-freshness of an early summer morning, to hang the next as passing heavy on the hand as the November fog upon the new hat brim; veering within twelve hours to the sharpness of the East wind, which braces skin and temper to cracking point, and to make up for it all, for one whole hour in the twenty-four, resembling the exquisite moment of the June morning, in which you find the first half-open rose upon the bush just outside ...

— Desert Love • Joan Conquest

... How, got the start? Aye, he's chasing me now; not I, him—that's bad; I might have known it, too. Fool! the lines—the harpoons he's towing. Aye, aye, I have run him by last night. About! about! Come down, all of ye, but the regular lookouts! Man the braces!" ...

— Great Sea Stories • Various

... and unclenches his hands nervously and furiously. He gets up slowly, walks over to the fireplace, shivers, then braces himself trying to shake off the horror of his thoughts. Then he begins to speak brokenly and tremblingly endeavoring to moisten his lips with a ...

— Defenders of Democracy • Militia of Mercy

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