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Open English Wordnet Nouns (n) brace a support that steadies or strengthens something else “he wore a brace on his knee”
(n) couple , pair , twosome , twain , brace , span , yoke , couplet , distich , duo , duet , dyad , duad two items of the same kind
(n) pair , brace a set of two similar things considered as a unit
(n) brace either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
(n) brace a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
(n) brace , bitstock a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
(n) brace , bracing a structural member used to stiffen a framework
Verbs (v) brace , poise prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
(v) brace , steady , stabilize , stabilise support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace “brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel”
(v) brace support by bracing