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Word: Brace
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (as a verb meaning ‘clasp, fasten tightly’): from Old French bracier ‘embrace’, from brace ‘two arms’, from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium ‘arm’, from Greek brakhiōn
breɪs
a device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support
Short Definition:device supporting part of body
Examples:- a neck brace
a pair of straps that pass over the shoulders and fasten to the top of trousers at the front and back to hold them up.
Short Definition:straps for holding up trousers
a pair of something, typically of birds or mammals killed in hunting
Short Definition:pair
Examples:- thirty brace of grouse
either of the two marks { and }, used either to indicate that two or more items on one side have the same relationship as each other to the single item to which the other side points, or in pairs to show that words between them are connected.
Short Definition:mark linking items
Word: Brace
Speech Type: Verb
breɪs
make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support
Short Definition:support structure
Examples:- the posts were braced by lengths of timber
prepare (oneself) for something difficult or unpleasant
Short Definition:prepare for something difficult
Examples:- both stations are bracing themselves for job losses
- police are braced for a traffic nightmare today
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