brace

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

1. To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
2. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
3. To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
4. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
5. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
6. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
7. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
8. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
2. (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
3. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
4. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
5. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
6. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
7. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
8. Harness; warlike preparation.
9. A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
10. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)
11. 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.
12. A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
13. The mouth of a shaft.
14. Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
15. A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
16. Two goals scored by one player in a game.

Konzepte

Klammer

🗜️

Stütze

Krampe

anspannen

Strebe

abstützen

verstreben

geschweifte Klammer

stützen

befestigen

verankern

⚓

verspannen

Versteifung

versteifen

Zahnspange

Zweig

brassen

Handbohrmaschine

Brasse

absteifen

Hosenträger

Stützbalken

Stützpfeiler

verspanne

zusammenschnüren

Pack

📦

Schräge

fester binden

straffer ziehen

Bohrwinde

Stützband

Tragband

Zahnklammer

Doppelpack

wappnen

gefasst machen

Handkurbelbohrmaschine

Anker

⚓

Kurbelbohrmaschine

anschicken

beschleunigen

einstellen

Gurt

Herde

machen

Meute

Neigung

Pfahl

Pfosten

Rotte

Rudel

Säule

Schafherde

Schiefheit

Schule

🏫

Schwarm

spannen

Sprung

stemmen

Synonyme

pair

couple

👫

support

prop

clamp

🗜️

uphold

parenthesis

staple

bracket

strut

span

bracing

holdfast

suspender

reinforce

rest

knot

🪢

duad

stabilize

set

perk up

two

firm up

energize

gallus

buttress

stimulate

stay

energise

tie

arouse

twain

2

bitstock

prop up

yoke

beam

hold

shore

shore up

duet

duo

dyad

truss

braces

twosome

splice

vinculum

splint

wimble

couplet

join

galluses

stabilise

band

steady

stick

poise

strengthen

orthodontic braces

leash

prepare for

substantiate

subvention

bitbrace

comfort

grip

espouse

distich

man

👨

bearing

boost

covey

cradle

crossbar

curly bracket

diagonal

doublet

drawbar

drift

drove

embrace

encircle

enclose

endorse

enliven

entwine

envelop

erst

exaltation

excite

family

👪

fascia

fasten

fastening

fellow

field

flight

✈️

flock

flush

foothold

freshen

freshen up

fulcrum

gaggle

get ready

girdle

grasp

grist

gulp

guy

hand

✋

hang onto

harem

herd

hive

hold fast

hook up

indorse

inspirit

interlock

intrigue

invigorate

jazz up

jolly

kennel

kindle

knee

leg

🦵

lift up

ligament

ligature

lighten

lighten up

link

🔗

make

match

mate

🧉

mates

mob

modillion

murder

mustering

nest

nexus

oblique

pack

paddling

pallet

parliament

patronage

pick up

pillar

plump

pod

pounce

prepare

pride

pull back

pullup

purchase

🛍️

raft

reward

rookery

rout

safety pin

🧷

sandwich

🥪

school

🏫

second

2nd

setting up

set up

shiver

shoal

shrewdness

skein

skulk

sleuth

sling

sloth

🦥

sounder

spice

sponsor

sprag

stanchion

stand by

stays

stiffen

strain

strap

string

🪢

stud

subsidise

subsidize

subsidy

supercharger

supporter

surround

suspenders

sustain

swarm

syndicate

team

tense

tensile force

tension

tiding

tieback

tie rod

tighten

tittering

tone

tone up

reenforce

train

🚋

tread

trellis

tribe

trip

troop

twinned

undergird

underlay

underpin

underwrite

vice

wedge

harras

clowder

hold on to

join together

pep up

ruggedize

sieze

stick by

tie together

fish

🐟

reinforcement

compress on two opposite sides

press on two sides

L joint

juice up

murmuration

jazz around

ruggedise

subvent

drag link

tension bar

draft bar

drag bar

draught bar

tension rod

draw rod

stretching force

supporting arm

brace drill

Twain

hirsel

cete

cope plate

tension link

draw link

rod in tension

pull-rod

nutted rod

crown stay bolt

pull-back bar

drawber

backguy

lashing strip

back

🔙

arm brace

abutment

a couple of

adhere

a few

🤏

affiliation

air compressor

allowance

ally

angle iron

army

arrest

ascension

assist

assistance

associate

attach

backing

backstay

bar

barrel

barren

base

battery

🔋

be about

be about to

bearer

bear out

bed

🛏️

benefit

bevy

bike

🚲

blade

boar

🐗

bolster

bond

brace and bit

brace up

brood

building

bunch

buoy

buoy up

bury

business

busyness

carrier

carry

cartload

cement

cheer

chowder

circle

⭕

clamour

clasp

cleat

cling

clip

cloud

☁️

cluster

clutter

coalition

colony

company

confirm

conjoin

connect

consolidate

contribution

corps

coupling

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/bɹeɪs/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: brace

In summary

From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”).