Brace | Mean of brace in English Dictionary

/ˈbreɪs/

• Verb
• to get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
1. The town is bracing for a busy tourist season.
2. We braced for the storm.
3. Brace yourself. [=prepare yourself] I have some bad news.
4. She braced herself for the news.
• to give added physical support or strength to (something)
1. He braced the gate with a piece of wood.
2. Steel columns brace the structure.
• to support (yourself) by leaning against something or holding something
1. She braced herself with one hand and reached up with the other.
2. He braced himself against the wall.

• to place (something, such as your feet or hands) against something for support
1. He braced his foot against the wall.
• Noun
• a part that adds physical strength or support
1. We need to add some sort of brace to hold the shelf in place.
• a device that supports a part of the body
1. He could walk with braces on his legs.
2. She wears a back/neck brace.
• a device that is attached to teeth to make them straight
1. (Brit) He has a brace on his teeth.
2. He has braces on his teeth.
3. She needed braces as a child.
• either one of the marks { or } that are used as a pair around words or items that are to be considered together
1. Computer codes appear within braces.
• a pair of birds that have been hunted and killed
1. several brace [=(more commonly) pairs] of quail