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| Sounds | brey's |
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| Rhymes | ace / ACE, aerospace, airspace, and 64 more rhymes in eys... |
| Meaning | A support that steadies or strengthens something else. |
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| Examples | "he wore a brace on his knee" |
| Broader | strengthener, reinforcement; support |
| Narrower | ankle brace; back brace; knee brace; neck brace; skeg |
| Verbs | brace; brace |
| Meaning | Two items of the same kind. |
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| Synonyms | couple, pair, twosome, twain, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad |
| Broader | two, 2, II, deuce |
| Narrower | doubleton |
| Meaning | A set of two similar things considered as a unit. |
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| Synonyms | pair |
| Broader | set |
| Narrower | Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Tweedledee and Tweedledum |
| Meaning | Either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material. |
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| Broader | punctuation, punctuation mark |
| Meaning | A rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it. |
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| Broader | rope |
| Narrower | royal brace |
| Meaning | Elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural). |
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| Synonyms | suspender, gallus |
| Parts | strap, shoulder strap |
| Usage | plural, plural form |
| Broader | man's clothing |
| Meaning | An appliance that corrects dental irregularities. |
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| Synonyms | braces, orthodontic braces |
| Broader | dental appliance |
| Meaning | A carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring. |
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| Synonyms | bitstock |
| Part of | brace and bit |
| Broader | stock |
| Meaning | A structural member used to stiffen a framework. |
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| Synonyms | bracing |
| Part of | framework, frame, framing |
| Broader | strengthener, reinforcement; structural member |
| Narrower | crosspiece; gusset, gusset plate; guy, guy cable, guy rope; stay; stringer; strut; tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper |
| Verbs | brace |
| Meaning | Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | poise |
| Broader | fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set |
| Narrower | steel, nerve |
| Meaning | Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel" |
| Synonyms | steady, stabilize, stabilise |
| Broader | strengthen, beef up, fortify |
| Narrower | ballast; guy |
| Nouns | brace |
| Meaning | Support by bracing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Broader | hold, support, sustain, hold up |
| Narrower | tread |
| Nouns | brace; brace, bracing |
| Meaning | Cause to be alert and energetic. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | stimulate, arouse, energize, energise, perk up |
| Contrary | sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise; de-energize, de-energise |
| Broader | affect |
| Narrower | cathect; animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify; invigorate, reinvigorate; enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate |
| Nouns | bracer |
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