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1. brace

verb. ['ˈbreɪs'] support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace.

Etymology

  • brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
  • bracchia (Latin)

Rhymes with Brace

  • arianespace
  • jonbenet's
  • worst-case
  • misplace
  • interlace
  • displace
  • disgrace
  • retrace
  • lambastes
  • degrace
  • replace
  • incase
  • encase
  • deface
  • debase
  • trace
  • space
  • place
  • grace
  • glace
  • frace
  • erase
  • efface
  • drace
  • crace
  • apace
  • wace
  • vase
  • rais
  • pace

How do you pronounce brace?

Pronounce brace as breɪs.

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2. brace

verb. ['ˈbreɪs'] prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult.

Etymology

  • brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
  • bracchia (Latin)

3. brace

verb. ['ˈbreɪs'] support by bracing.

Etymology

  • brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
  • bracchia (Latin)

4. brace

noun. ['ˈbreɪs'] a support that steadies or strengthens something else.

Etymology

  • brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
  • bracchia (Latin)

5. brace

noun. ['ˈbreɪs'] a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring.

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Etymology

  • brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
  • bracchia (Latin)

6. brace

noun. ['ˈbreɪs'] a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it.

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Etymology

  • brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
  • bracchia (Latin)

8. brace

noun. ['ˈbreɪs'] an appliance that corrects dental irregularities.

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Etymology

  • brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
  • bracchia (Latin)

9. brace

noun. ['ˈbreɪs'] elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural).

Etymology

  • brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
  • bracchia (Latin)

10. brace

noun. ['ˈbreɪs'] either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material.

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Etymology

  • brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
  • bracchia (Latin)