Bracing Synonyms & Definitions

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• BracingDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced.
2. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brace
3. (a.) Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind.
4. (n.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss.

• BraceDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.
2. (v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
3. (n.) Armor for the arm; vantbrace.
4. (v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.
5. (v. t.) To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.
6. (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.
7. (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt.
8. (n.) The mouth of a shaft.
9. (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
10. (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.
11. (n.) Harness; warlike preparation.
12. (v. t.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.
13. (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
14. (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
15. (n.) That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
16. (v. t.) To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.
17. (n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.
18. (v. i.) To get tone or vigor; to rouse ones energies; -- with up.