Antonyms for braced

Grammar : Verb

Spell : breys

Phonetic Transcription : breɪs

Definition of braced

Origin : early 14c., "piece of armor for the arms," also "thong, strap for fastening," from Old French brace, braz "arms," also "length measured by two arms" (12c., Modern French bras "arm, power;" brasse "fathom, armful, breaststroke"), from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium "an arm, a forearm," from Greek brakhion "an arm" (see brachio-). Applied to various devices for fastening and tightening on notion of clasping arms. Of dogs, "a couple, a pair" from c.1400.

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Example sentences :

Harriett saw his stoop, and the taut, braced power of his back as he lifted.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

The weeks passed, and I braced myself for the coming ordeal.
Extract from : « The Comrade In White » by W. H. Leathem

Bart braced his feet apart and stood ready to grab the beast.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

He braced himself for the attack, ready to go down fighting.
Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner

I could sleep standing up, I believe, if only you braced me on the sides.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson

At an order from him, we braced our poles against the tiles to put out into the stream.
Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola

It braced me, and the time was coming when all the bracing I could get would not be too much.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

There was a snap and tang in the breeze which braced one like a tonic.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

However, something must be done, or said, and I braced myself to say it.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I was sitting over a powder mine and I braced myself for the explosion.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for braced

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