Antonyms for brace
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : breys |
| Phonetic Transcription : breɪs |
Definition of brace
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.
- noun support
- verb support
- Brace your belt, Watkins, man, and swing your shoulders as a free companion should.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- One felt tempted to brace oneself for the rush that was to come.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- Bill let go the brace, turned as white as a sheet, and exclaimed, "I'm gone!"
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Bring some of that cake you baked to-day, honey—and do brace up!
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- I'll show you whether there's a second brace o' keys or not.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- Here they found the rest of the band, some of whom had come in with a brace of fat does.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- A brace of kegs and a slow match would do it any dark night.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- He made very light of a brace of partridges and a bottle of sparkling Moselle.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- "Brace up, there," ordered Captain Smith, when this fact was announced.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 » by Various
- Everybody praised Brace Dunlap for being so good to that stranger.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Synonyms for brace
- arm
- band
- bandage
- bar
- bearing
- bind
- block
- bolster
- boom
- bracer
- bracket
- buttress
- cantilever
- clamp
- fasten
- fortify
- gird
- girder
- grip
- guy
- hold up
- lever
- mainstay
- peg
- prepare
- prop
- rafter
- ready
- reinforce
- reinforcement
- rib
- shore
- shove
- skid
- splice
- splint
- staff
- stanchion
- stave
- stay
- steady
- steel
- stirrup
- strap
- strengthen
- strengthener
- strut
- support
- sustainer
- tie
- tighten
- truss
- underpinning
- uphold
- vice
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