Word Meanings - BRACE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: BRACE

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. (more info) brasse fathom, fr. L. bracchia the arms , pl. of bracchium arm; cf. Gr. 1. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop. 2. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum. The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that. Derham. 3. The state of being braced or tight; tension. The laxness of the tympanum, when it has lost its brace or tension. Holder.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BRACE)

• Fortify
• Strengthen
• confirm
• corroborate
• garrison
• brace
• intrench
• Ligament
• Bond
• band
• bandage
• ligature
• strap
• girth
• Pair
• Two
• couple
• span
• Refresh
• Cool
• refrigerate
• vigorate
• revive
• reanimate
• renovate
• recreate
• renew
• restore
• cheer
• freshen

Related words: (words related to BRACE)

• STRAPPING
  Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. There are five and thirty strapping officers gone. Farquhar.
• REVIVEMENT
  Revival.
• STRAP-SHAPED
  Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
• RENOVATE
  To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew. All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. Thomson. (more info) renovare;pref. re- re- + novare to make new, fr. novus new. See New,
• LIGATURE
  A curve or line connecting notes; a slur. (more info) 1. The act of binding. 2. Anything that binds; a band or bandage. A thread or string for tying the blood vessels, particularly the arteries, to prevent hemorrhage. A thread or wire
• REVIVE
  To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal. (more info) 1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. Shak. The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• INTRENCHANT
  Not to be gashed or marked with furrows. As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed. Shak.
• STRAP
  1. To beat or chastise with a strap. 2. To fasten or bind with a strap. Cowper. 3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
• CHEERISNESS
  Cheerfulness. There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.
• CHEERINGLY
  In a manner to cheer or encourage.
• COUPLER
  One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars. Coupler of an organ, a contrivance by which any two or more of the ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, are connected so as to act together when the organ is played.
• STRENGTHENING
  That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- Strength"en*ing*ly, adv. Strengthening plaster , a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects.
• CHEERER
  One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." Thomson.
• BANDAGE
  1. A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc. 2. Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature. Zeal too had a place among the
• REFRESHMENT
  1. The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression. 2. That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation;
• RESTORE
  Restoration. Spenser.
• CONFIRMEDLY
  With confirmation.
• CONFIRMEE
  One to whom anuthing is confirmed.
• COUPLET
  Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other. A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. Crabbe.
• COUNTERBRACE
  To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• COUPLE
  See COUPLE-CLOSE (more info) 1. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler. It is in some sort with friends as it is with dogs in couples; they should be of the same size
• REINVIGORATE
  To invigorate anew.
• COUNTER BRACE
  The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
• OVERGARRISON
  To garrison to excess.
• THERMOELECTRIC COUPLE; THERMOELECTRIC PAIR
  A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current.
• REVIGORATE
  Having new vigor or strength; invigorated anew. Southey.