| Brace: English to English |
| Brace (n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum. |
| 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.) 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 |
| 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 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.) Armor for the arm; vantbrace. |
| Brace (n.) Harness; warlike preparation. |
| Brace (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders. |
| Brace (n.) That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop. |
| Brace (n.) The mouth of a shaft. |
| Brace (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension. |
| Brace (v. i.) To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up. |
| Brace (v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly. |
| 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 furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building. |
| Brace (v. t.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards. |
| Brace (v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd. |