Definitions for bracing
  • Brace (v. t.) - To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.
  • Brace (v. t.) - To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.
  • Brace (v. t.) - To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
  • Brace (v. t.) - To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.
  • Brace (v. t.) - To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.
  • Brace (v. i.) - To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up.
  • Brace (n.) - That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
  • Brace (n.) - A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.
  • Brace (n.) - The state of being braced or tight; tension.
  • Brace (n.) - 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.
  • Brace (n.) - A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves.
  • Brace (n.) - A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
  • Brace (n.) - A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
  • Brace (n.) - A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt.
  • Brace (n.) - Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
  • Brace (n.) - Harness; warlike preparation.
  • Brace (n.) - Armor for the arm; vantbrace.
  • Brace (n.) - The mouth of a shaft.
  • Braced (imp. & p. p.) - of Brace
  • Braces - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Bracing (a.) - Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind.
  • Bracing (n.) - The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced.
  • Bracing (n.) - Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss.
  • Bracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Brace
  • Bracingly - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Bracings - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
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