Crossword-Solution: BRACE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Brace | n. | That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop. |
| Brace | n. | A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum. |
| Brace | n. | The state of being braced or tight; tension. |
| Brace | n. | A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell. |
| Brace | n. | A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves. |
| Brace | n. | A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon. |
| Brace | n. | A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock. |
| Brace | n. | A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt. |
| Brace | n. | Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders. |
| Brace | n. | Harness; warlike preparation. |
| Brace | n. | Armor for the arm; vantbrace. |
| Brace | n. | The mouth of a shaft. |
| Brace | v. t. | To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building. |
| Brace | v. t. | To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves. |
| Brace | v. t. | To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly. |
| Brace | v. t. | To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd. |
| Brace | v. t. | To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards. |
| Brace | v. i. | To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BRACE | anagram | ACERB, CABER |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ENROAC
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with BRACE (5)
Also called `kernel style' because the UNIX kernel is written in it, and the `One True Brace Style' (abbrev.
Tom said: “Get away from here!” “Go away yourself!” “I won’t.” “I won’t either.” So they stood, each with a foot placed at an angle as a brace, and both shoving with might and main, and glowering at each other with hate.
Yet, if the Israelite will advantage the Church by giving me somewhat over to the building of our dortour, 45 I will take it on my conscience to aid him in the matter of his daughter.” “For a score of marks to the dortour,” said the Outlaw,—“Be still, I say, Isaac!—or for a brace of silver candlesticks to the altar, we will not stand with you.” “Nay, but, good Diccon Bend-the-Bow”—said Isaac, endeavouring to interpose.
Who are the Dunlaps?” “They live about a mile from Uncle Silas’s place, Aunt Polly—all the farmers live about a mile apart down there—and Brace Dunlap is a long sight richer than any of the others, and owns a whole grist of niggers.
Yet I am a young man; and sometimes I have a fancy--the superstitious would call it a presentiment--that my part in life is not yet altogether played; that, somehow and some day, I shall mix again in great affairs, I shall again spin policies in a busy brain, match my wits against my enemies’, brace my muscles to fight a good fight and strike stout blows.
Quotes with BRACE (3)
I believein love at first sightbut I will always believe that the peoplewe lovewe have loved before. Many, many, many times beforeand when we stumblethrough grace and circumstance and that brilliant illusion of choiceto finally meet them again, we feel it fastereach time through. The one glance that set life alightis two sets of two eyesstaring through the layersof lifetimes and stolen glancesand first kisses and hands held; the brace against the weight and unrelenting tideof…
Q: You'er presented with a smooth-faced, eight-foot-high wooden wall. Your objective? Get over it. To, like, save comrades or something. How to accomplish this? A: Take a running start, brace one foot against the wall, throw one hand to the top, try to hang on long enough for a comrade to either grab your hand at the top or for another comrade to push your butt up from below. It takes team work! over it.
He pondered his turmoil, wondering which he feared most — losing his father or being alone in the world. Both were inevitable. Neither could be stopped or slowed down. All he could do now was brace for impact.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 139 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).