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Synonyms for braced

Grammar : Verb
Spell : breys
Phonetic Transcription : breɪs

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Définition 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.
  • verb support
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

Antonyms for braced

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