brace

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] a device that holds things firmly together or holds and supports them in position: a neck brace (= worn to support the neck after an injury)
2 [C] (AmE braces [pl.]) a metal device that children wear inside the mouth to help their teeth grow straight: My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth.
3 (braces) (BrE) (AmE suspenders) [pl.] straps for holding trousers/pants up. They are fastened to the top of the trousers/pants at the front and back and passed over the shoulders: a pair of braces
4 [C, usually pl.] (AmE) = CALLIPER
5 [C] either of the two marks, {}, used to show that the words, etc. between them are connected
Compare: BRACKET
6 [C] (plural brace) a pair of birds or animals that have been killed in hunting: two brace of partridge(s) + He scored a brace of goals.
Idioms see BELT n.
+ verb
1 ~ sb / yourself (for sth) to prepare sb/yourself for sth difficult or unpleasant that is going to happen: [VN] UN troops are braced for more violence. + They are bracing themselves for a long legal battle. [also VN to inf]
2 [VN] ~ sth / yourself (against sth) to press your body or part of your body firmly against sth in order to stop yourself from falling: They braced themselves against the wind.
3 [VN] to tighten the muscles in your body or part of your body before doing sth that is physically difficult: He stood with his legs and shoulders braced, ready to lift the weights.
4 [VN] (technical) to make sth stronger or more solid by supporting it with sth: The roof was braced by lengths of timber.

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

1 bracket, stiffener, reinforcement, reinforcer, support, buttress, prop, stay, strut, truss:

Two steel braces have been installed to steady the columns.

2 drill:

He bored three holes in the wood with his brace and auger.

3 clasp, clamp, buckle, fastener, clip, holdfast, catch, coupler, coupling:

Another brace will be needed here to strengthen the handle.

4 pair; couple, span, team (of two):

A brace of duelling pistols was sold at auction last week for $20,000. Her carriage was drawn by a brace of palominos.

v.

5 steady, reinforce, support, strengthen, prop or shore up:

Iron bars are used to brace the arches.

6 brace oneself. steady or gird or prepare oneself; hold or hang on:

I braced myself against the likelihood that she would refuse.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ for supporting a part of the body

ADJ.

leg, neck, shoulder

VERB + BRACE

have, wear

I used to wear a brace.

PREP.

~ on

a brace on his teeth

² braces: for holding trousers up

BRACE + VERB

hold sth up, support sth

The braces held up his trousers. > Special page at CLOTHES

Concise English dictionary

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braces|braced|bracingbreɪs
noun
+a support that steadies or strengthens something else
+two items of the same kind
+a set of two similar things considered as a unit
+either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
+a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
+elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
+an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
+a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
+a structural member used to stiffen a framework
verb
+prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
+support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
+support by bracing
+cause to be alert and energetic

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