Brace

Definition: Brace

Brace

Noun

1. A support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee".

2. Two items of the same kind.

3. A set of two similar things considered as a unit.

4. Either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material.

5. A rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it.

6. Elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural).

7. An appliance that corrects dental irregularities.

8. The stock of a tool used for turning a drilling bit.

9. A structural member used to stiffen a framework.

Verb

1. Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult.

2. Support or hold steady, as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel".

3. Support by bracing.

4. Cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "brace" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Computing

19th Century Satire

Building

Building & Civil Engineering

Fine Arts

Language

Literature

Mechanical Engineering

Medicine

Mining

Slang in 1811

Tips from 1870

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Brace

Accompaniment

Noun: duality, dualism; duplicity; biplicity, biformity; polarity. two, deuce, couple, duet, brace, pair, cheeks, twins, Castor and Pollux, gemini, Siamese twins; fellows; yoke, conjugation; dispermy, doublets, dyad, span.

Carrier

Pallet, brace, cart, dolley; support; fork lift.

Connection

Fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature; strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces, harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; brace, roller, fillet; inkle; with, withe, withy; thong, braid; girder, tiebeam; girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot; cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim; suspenders.

Deception

Trick, cheat, wile, blind, feint, plant, bubble, fetch, catch, chicane, juggle, reach, hocus, bite; card sharping, stacked deck, loaded dice, quick shuffle, double dealing, dealing seconds, dealing from the bottom of the deck; artful dodge, swindle; tricks upon travelers; stratagem; (artifice); confidence trick, fake, hoax; theft; ballot-box stuffing barney, brace game, bunko game, drop game, gum game, panel game; shell game, thimblerig; skin game.

Drunkenness

Verb: get drunk, be drunk; Adjective: see double; take a drop too much, take a glass too much; drink; tipple, tope, booze, bouse, guzzle, swill, soak, sot, bum, besot, have a jag on, have a buzz on, lush, bib, swig, carouse; sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus; take to drinking; drink hard, drink deep, drink like a fish; have one's swill, drain the cup, splice the main brace, take a hair of the dog that bit you.

Indication

Keyboard symbols, printing symbols; red letter, italics, sublineation, underlining, bold font; jotting; note, annotation, reference; blaze, cedilla, guillemets, hachure; quotation marks, double quotes,"", parentheses, brackets, braces, curly brackets, arrows, slashes; left parenthesis, "("; right parenthesis, ")"; opening bracket, ""; left curly brace, "{"; right curly brace, "}"; left arrow, ""; right arrow, ""; forward slash, "/"; backward slash, "\"; exclamation point, "!"; commercial at, "@"; pound sign, "#"; percent sign, "%"; carat, "^"; ampersand, "&"; asterisk, ""; hyphen, "-"; dash, "-", "_"; em dash, "--"; plus sign, "+", equals sign, "="; question mark, "?"; period, "."; semicolon, ";", colon, ":"; comma, ","; apostrophe, "'"; single quote, "'"; tilde, "~".

Junction

Attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast; Adjective: tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter; (restrain); lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket; marry; (wed); bridge over, span.

Refreshment

Verb: brace; (strengthen); reinvigorate; air, freshen up, refresh, recruit; repair; (restore); fan, refocillate; refresh the inner man.

Strength

Render strong; Adjective: give strength; Noun: strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird; screw up, wind up, set up; gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins; recruit, set on one's legs; vivify; refresh; refect; reinforce, reenforce; (restore).

Crosswords: Brace

Italian (cinder, ember, embers), Latin (brasserie, grain used to prepare malt).

Brace yourself sisters (Sister Act; writing credit: Joseph Howard)

Brace yourself, madam, for an all-out bidding war (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Emergency! Batman speakingwarning all of you to brace yourselves for big news (Batman; writing credit: Bob Kane; Lorenzo Semple Jr.)

Well then, brace yourself, Buck (The Magnificent Seven; writing credit: Josef Anderson; Chris Black)

So, brace yourself and listen (Your Body's Callin'; performing artist: R. Kelly)

Ulica Brace Kovac (1962)

Brace Up (1918)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The World Market for Men’s and Boys’ Trousers, Bib and Brace Overalls, Breeches, and Shorts of Woven Textile Materials: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Intermediate Algebra (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Outline Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Bar Brace (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Dentist 2: Brace Yourself (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Brace 4 Impak (reference)

• Brace Yourself [EP] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Qual-Craft 2201Q Pump Jack Brace (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Figure 24. Traivailleur bottle invented by Lieutenants Ernest Richard and Jean de Villegente of the French navy while on the TRAVAILLEUR expedition of 1881. This type of bottle was able to collect water at many depths for analysis of dissolved gases. The iron brace is missing in this example. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Brace RanchArcheologyLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: W. Meyer.

McCurdy's Improved Skirt Supporting Corset and Shoulder Brace. / Holton Eng. N.Y. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A little black boy with a brace on one leg hoes in a field. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Photographed Prior to World War I. This steamer was delivered the Navy on 25 September 1917 and became USS Adirondack (ID # 1270). She served as a floating barracks as part of the Receiving Ship, New York Navy Yard, through World War I. Adirondack was returned to her owner on 24 January 1919. Note this ship's extensive hogging brace. Credit: NAVY.

Officers on the ship's upper deck, seen from a similar river steamer during the Civil War. Note fancy woodwork around the deck edge and pilothouse roof, bullet-proof metal plating and ship's number ("47") on the pilothouse, and smokestack brace. Credit: NAVY.

View of the ship's wake from the after end of the boat stowage deck, while making nearly 35 knots on speed trials in November 1937. Note underside of the flight deck above, heavy supporting brace between the main and flight decks, and safety netting around the flight deck edges. Credit: NAVY.

Seattle (vicinity) Washington. A brace of the latest model Boeing flying fortresses cruise over the Cascade foothills while on a test flight. Credit: Library of Congress.

Occupational portrait of a peddler, full-length, standing, facing front, with two bags held at his sides by a harness, neck brace visible between legs. Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Submarine chasers. Shipwrights preserve many hand skills. Brace and bit are needed to fit coamings to machine gun wings just aft of the wheelhouse of a wooden subchaser under construction in an Eastern boatyard. Marine Construction Company, St. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Pile on everything, brace it with everything

The young man paused in fitting the brace to the valve slot

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In some cases, an orthopedic brace or surgery may be recommended to limit damage and disfigurement. (references)

Symptomatic drug therapy is available for several other tremors as well. For those cases of tremor in which there is no effective drug treatment, physical measures such as teaching the patient to brace the affected limb during the tremor are sometimes useful. (references)

Business

Other U.S. publishers have Taiwan-based agents with ties to U.S. branch offices in Singapore (Harcourt Brace, HarperCollins, and John Wiley & Sons), Hong Kong (Time Life Books), or Japan (American University Press Group, DLM Inc.). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "brace": Angle brace ♦ ankle brace ♦ back brace ♦ bit brace ♦ brace and bit ♦ brace bumpkin ♦ brace end ♦ brace for neck injuries ♦ brace oneself against ♦ brace oneself for ♦ brace oneself for smth. ♦ brace oneself up ♦ brace smb. up ♦ brace up ♦ brace wrench ♦ Counter brace ♦ diagonal brace ♦ knee brace ♦ left brace ♦ main brace ♦ main landing gear brace strut ♦ main LG brace strut ♦ neck brace ♦ ratchet brace ♦ right brace ♦ royal brace ♦ splice the main brace ♦ stage brace ♦ Tension brace ♦ To brace a yard ♦ To brace about ♦ To brace in ♦ To brace one's self ♦ To brace sharp ♦ To brace to ♦ To brace up ♦ To brace up sharp ♦ To splice the main brace ♦ top brace. Additional references.

Beginning with "brace": Brace-and-a-half.

Ending with "brace": angle-brace, bib-and-brace, chest-brace, hand-brace, K-brace, Thorough-brace, wrist-brace.

Afrikaans

hakie (bracket, clamp, parenthesis, staple). (various references)

Albanian

tërthore (bias, crossbar, crosspiece, crossrail, stretcher, strut, tie beam, transom, transversal, yoke), shtrëngoj (bind, buckle, clamp, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, coerce, compel, compress, constrict, enforce, fasten, force, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, jam, keep, oblige, pinch, press, restrict, screw, shake, squash, squeeze, strain, strangle, tighten, vice, wring), mbajtëse (abutment, bracket, cleat, hold, holder, holdfast, hook, keeper, Mount, pendant, rack, retainer, stand, standard, support, supporter, tenter), mbërthim (fastening, grapple, grappling iron, grasp, grip, hook, seizing), mbërthej (clasp, clench, clip, clutch, corner, do up, enchain, fasten, grip, hold, hook, hook up, make fast, nab, paw, peg, seize, snatch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏الحاصرة, ‏دعم يحصن, ‏شجاعة (assurance, bravery, brawler, courage, fortitude, gut, guts, hardiness, heroism, manhood, nerve, pluck, prowess, sand, spirit, spunk, stoutness, valor, valour), ‏شىء مثير للنشاط, ‏رفع (boost, bring to his feet, bring up, cat, crane, dismiss, elevate, elevation, exalt, expand, fork out, heave, heighten, hike, hoist, hold up, inflate, jack, lever, leverage, lift, lifting, mount, pick, pick me up, pick up, promote, purchase, push up, put up with smth., raise, rear, rise, rising, rode, roll up, scroll, send up, set up, sling, take up, thrust, turn up, up-end, upheave, uphold, uplift), ‏ثبت (affirm, anchor, assure, aver, belay, belt, bend, bite, bolt, bolt on, cable, catch, chock, confirm, corroborate, countersign, demonstrate, display, endure, establish, evince, fastening, fix, lash, last, pin down, plant, prove, reinforce, secure, set, spike, stabilize, stay, steady, stick, strengthen, substantiate, testify, validate, verify, warrant), ‏دعامة (abutment, armature, backlog, beam, crutch, hold, leg, pier, pillar, prop, shore, slip, slipway, staff, stanchion, stick, stock, strut, support), ‏الة طبية, ‏مثقب (auger, cribriform, perforated, pricket, wimble), ‏الملفاف, ‏زوج أثنان, ‏حمالة (hand-barrow, rack), ‏قوى (anneal, be fortified, be more powerful, become mighty, become stronger, beefy, boost, cogent, confirm, consolidate, enforce, fasten, fibrous, fortify, freshen, great, grow stronger, harden, hefty, heighten, help, heroic, in power, innervate, intensify, invigorate, nerve, prop, reinforce, sinew, stiffen, strengthen, support, sustain, tighten), ‏نعش (bier, brisk, buck up, casket, coffin, elevate, exhilarate, freshen, freshen up, ginger, hearse, invigorate, pall, pick up, put smb. on his leg, rally, reanimate, reflate, refresh, revitalize, revive), ‏مشبك (buckle, clasp, clip, fastener, fibula, paper clip, pin), ‏إستعد (get ready, groom, prepare, provide against, ready, run in, stand by, tool up, wind up). (various references)

Basque

pare (pair). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стягам (accouter, accoutre, bind, compact, constrain, constrict, do up, gripe, hold in, hoop, impact, lace, lace up, lock, pack, pinch, preen, screw up, straiten, tense, tighten, trim, truss), стяга (clamp, clip, jig, shackle, snap), стимулирам (animate, excite, exhilarate, goad, innervate, irritate, quicken, stimulate, urge), стимул (goad, impetus, impulse, inducement, oestrum, oestrus, propulsion, push, relish, savor, savour, spur, stimulant, stimulus), скоба (bracing, bracket, clamp, clinch, clip, corbel, dog nail, girdle, holdfast, hoop, loop, rim, shackle, staple, tie, yoke), свързвам (ally, articulate, associate, bandage, bond, bracket, catenate, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, conjugate, construe, couple, gather, interconnect, join, knot, lash, link, marry, mate, pack, piece out, piece together, put through, run on, truss, weld), ремък (band, belt, cinch, lanyard, strap, thong), чифт (case, pair, twain), голяма скоба, маткап, закрепявам (attach, embed, set), подпора (abut, abutment, bracing, bracket, counterfort, jamb, pillar, post, prop, puncheon, rest, shore, sprag, stand, stock, stull, support, tree, upright), паянта (knee, strut). (various references)

Chinese 

括号 (braces, parentheses, Parenthesis). (various references)

Czech

svorka (clip, dog, paper clip, pin, staple), spona (buckle, clasp, copula, hasp), rovnátka, posílit (augment, beef up, build up, buttress, corroborate, fortify, invigorate, recruit, reinforce, revitalize, strengthen), podpìra (abutment, bracket, prop, strut, support), podepřít (buttress, corroborate, prop, prop up, shore up, stake, support, underlay, underpin), připevnit (affix, attach, belay, fasten, fix, Mount, pin, pin down, strap, tag, tail), párek (banger, couple, Frankfurter, pair). (various references)

Danish

baandbue (arch, bandelette), boejle (arch, bandelette, clamp, clasp, clothes-hanger, coat-hanger, stay), borsving (arquimedean drill), skraastiver (strut, wind-resisting stay), forstærkning (amplification, bracing, follow-up, gain, reinforcement, rib, stay, stiffening, strengthening, sturdy rib), kantbue (arch, bandelette), klamme (bracket, clamp, clasp, curly bracket), krøllet klamme (curly bracket), krydsafstivning (diagonal brace), afstivning (bracing, excavated wall, keying, keys, propping, reinforcement, retaining, shoring, stiffener, stiffening, strutting, supporting, wedging), saks (scissors), væltet Tuborg (curly bracket), spiralbor (arquimedean drill), stiver (raker, shore, stay, strut), stoetteapparat (support), stoettekorset (supporting corset), stoettestolpe (strut), strammering (ferrule, shrinking), tang (tongs), Tuborg (curly bracket), tvaersprosse (cross-piece, spider), kurvetraek. (various references)

Dutch

accolade (accolade). (various references)

Esperanto

stajo (cramp-iron), murkrampo (cramp-iron), kuniga krampo, krampo (bracket, clamp, parenthesis, staple), armaturo (armature, cramp-iron). (various references)

Faeroese

krampi (bracket, clamp, convulsion, parenthesis, staple), klombur (bracket, clamp, parenthesis, staple). (various references)

Farsi 

محکم بستن (Buttress, Cinch, Yerk), تحریک احساسات , تجدیدواحیای روحیه , خطابرو, اتل , درمقابل فشارمقاومت کردن , بندشلوار (Gallus, Suspender), بابست محکم کردن . (various references)

Finnish

tuki (instep support, mainstay, prop, strut, support). (various references)

French

entretoise (bracing, top brace), étrésillon. (various references)

German

klammer (bracket, clamp, clip, cramp, dog, grip, paperclip, parenthesis, peg, staple), Zweig (bough, branch, cane, department, leg, path, spray, sprig, stick, twig), zahnspange (braces), verspanne, strebe (joist, shore, strut), stütze (aid, bastion, dole, help, linchpin, mainstay, pillar, prop, rest, support, sustainer, welfare), geschweifte klammer (accolade), anspannen (harness, hitch up, strain, strech, stretch, tauten, tax, tense, tense up, tighten, wind up, yoke up). (various references)

Greek 

πλαγιοσύνδεσμος (strut), δεσμόσ (affiliation, band, bond, coupling, knot, ligament, ligature, link, nexus, tie, vinculum), τρυπάνι (auger, bit, brace and bit, drill, gimlet), τόξο (arc, bow, crossbow), άγκιστρο (fishhook, gaff, hook), ενίσχυση (amplification, amplifying, invigoration, reinforcement, relief), εγκάρσια αντηρίδα (cross-piece, spider), ζεύγοσ (couple, doublet, pair, span, twain, yoke), ζεύγμα (zeugma), ζυγό (beam), δεμάτιο (arch, bandelette, bundle, fascicle, fasciculus), πουντέλι (post, strut), σιδερένιος κρίκος (ferrule, shrinking), πλαγιόδεσμος (diagonal brace), μεταλλικό τόξο (arch, bandelette), μπάρα συγκράτησης, μικρά δέσμη (arch, bandelette), βραχιόλι (armlet, bangle, bracelet, wristlet), γκιοστέκι (strut), σταυρόξυλο (strut), στήριγμα (abutment, bearer, bearing, cleat, foothold, prop, purchase, rest, stanchion, stay, stays, support), στηρίζω (base, buoy, buttress, rest, shore, strut, substantiate, support, truss, uphold), συνδέω (ally, associate, attach, bond, clip, conjoin, connect, hook up, interlock, join, knot, leash, link, put through, span, splice, syndicate), υποστύλωμα (column, pillar, post, strut). (various references)

Hebrew 

משען (abutment, anchor, buttress, prop, rest, staff, stay, support), לתמוך (advocate, back, buttress, champion, maintain, stand by, stay, support, sustain, take sides), לחזק (bolster, buttress, consolidate, fasten, fortify, intensify, steady, strengthen, support), ל�"�"ק (clasp, clip, constrict, fasten, make fast, snug, strain, tie, tighten), זו�' (couple, dyad, mate, pair, twosome), �"�"ק (clasp, clip, terminal point, trigger), צמ�" (couple, pair, span, team, twosome), צומ�", סמוך (stay). (various references)

Hungarian

kapocs (buckle, chape, clasp, clench, clip, fastener, hasp, hook and eye, link, locket, snap, staple, strap). (various references)

Indonesian

pasang (tide), mengukuhkan (fortify, install, solidify, strengthen), kurung kurawal, kait. (various references)

Italian

braccio (arm, boom, bracket, Ell, fathom, hand, jib, reach, wing). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

筋交い (diagonal, oblique), 添え木 (splint), �"�柱 (fulcrum, prop). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すじかい (diagonal, oblique), しちゅう (fatal situation, fulcrum, in the city, larva, prop), そえぎ (splint). (various references)

Korean 

버팀대 (braces, Prop, Props). (various references)

Manx

cur maidjey coonee rish, beemyl, brash (a good quantity, extra, fit, impetous, increase, paroxysm, spare), brashlagh (charlock, crupper, wild mustard), brashlagh drommey, brashyn (braces), chionnaghey (inflate), chionneyder (inflater, nut, strainer, tightener), bann (band, band musical), cur bann er (bracket), tead king, cur quing er, cur tead king er, jees (both, couple, pair, twain, two), maidjey coonee, niartaghey (affirm, affirmation, building up, cement, confirm, confirmation, consolidate, consolidation, documentation, extend, fortification, fortify, intensify, invigorate, nerve, reinforce, reinforcement, stiffen, strengthen), piyr (couple, pair), quing (balance beam, beam of scales, team of oxen, yoke), cubbyl (couple, coupler, in pairs, principal, yoke). (various references)

Occitan

parelh (pair). (various references)

Papiamen

kram (bracket, clamp, diarrhoea, parenthesis, staple). (various references)

Pig Latin

acebray.(various references)

Portuguese

escora (anchor, bearer, bond, prop, puncheon, shore, spur, stanchion, stay), braçadeira (armlet, brassard, clamp). (various references)

Romanian

braţ (arm, armful, channel, fathom, hand, jib, lever, limb, offshoot, strength, sweep, upper arm, upper-arm, whip), bretele (braces, suspenders), lega laolaltã, a-şi aduna toate puterile, acoladã (accolade), consolida (bind, bracket, confirm, consolidate, fix, fortify, fund, reinforce, rivet, secure, solidify, steady, stiffen, strengthen), fixa (accommodate, adapt, adjust, affix, anchor, appoint, arrange, arrest, ascertain, assess, assign, attach, attune, bed, bind, bond, clamp, clasp, define, determine, dog, establish, fasten, find, fit, fix, hitch, immobilize, impact, imprint, indicate, ingrain, lay, make fast, Mount, nail, nail down, name, nominate, pin, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, settle, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune), întãri (bind, bond, bracket, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, enforce, entrench, fix, fortify, harden, indurate, invigorate, nerve, recruit, reinforce, screw, season, stay, steady, steel, stiffen, strengthen, stress, tone up), lega (associate, attach, band, bend, bequeath, bind, bind up, charm, coagulate, conjoin, connect, cord, couple, encircle, express, fasten, fetter, hitch, insert, interlink, interlock, join, joint, knit, knot, link, mate, pack, relate, shackle, sheave, start, tackle, tether, tie, unite), stimula (abet, activate, actuate, cheer, develop, dynamize, elate, Energize, enliven, excite, fillip, fire, gladden, goad, hop, incite, inspire, irritate, lash, motive, needle, pander to, pep, pep up, prick, prompt, propel, provoke, push, quicken, rouse, sharpen, spur, stimulate, stir up, tickle, urge, whet), lega strâns (make fast), legãturã (band, bandage, bearing, bind, binder, binding, bond, bracer, bunch, bundle, communion, concern, conjunction, connection, contact, cord, harmony, headkerchief, hoist, junction, knot, lashing, league, liaison, ligament, link, link up, marriage, nexus, pack, pertinence, rapport, reference, relation, relationship, relevance, relevancy, respect, sheaf, tie, touch, truss, unity), pereche (companion, counterpart, couple, double, equal, fellow, like, match, mate, pair, peer), propti (bind, house, prop, shore, strut), protezã (denture, plates, prosthesis), sprijini (abet, back, bear, bolster, boost, buttress, carry, carry through, countenance, encourage, endorse, forward, ground, help, lean, line up behind, patronize, prop, recline, rest, second, speed, sponsor, stay, strike a blow for, strut, superinduce, support, take up the cudgels for, uphold), fortifica corpul. (various references)

Russian 

скрепа (bandage), скреплять скоба, скреплять (bond, cement, clamp, clip, knit, ratify, staple), скрепление (bracer, fastening), связь (affair, band, bandage, binding, catena, cement, coherence, coherency, communication, communications, connection, connexion, context, coupling, intercommunication, intercourse, joint, junction, juncture, liaison, ligament, ligature, link, linkage, nexus, rapport, relation, relations, relationship, relationships, signalling, stay), связывать (associate, band, band together, bind, bond, catenate, colligate, concatenate, connect, coupled, edit, interconnect, interconnexion, join, joint, knit, link, linked, relate, relating, tie, tie down, tied, truss), арматур (armature). (various references)

Scottish

paidhir (a pair, couple). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

proteza za zube, pripremiti (make ready, prearrange, prepare), prikupiti (collect, gather in, marshal, rally, reach, summon, whip up), potpora (backing, buttress, falsework, help, prop, stay, support, sustenance, sustention, trestle), podupreti (bolster, buttress, prop up, shore, shore up, stay, support, truss, underlay, underpin), podupirati (atlas, pile, second, support), podupirač (bracket, buttress, shore, spur, stanchion, stay, strut, support, truss, underlay), napregnuti (flex, strain), šina (metal, rail, track). (various references)

Spanish

abrazadera (angle bracket, clamp, cleat, pinchcock), puntal (pitprop, prop, puncheon, shore, stanchion, strut), llave (adjustable wrench, faucet, key, lock, piston, piston valve, spanner, tap, wrench), corchete (accolade, buckle, clasp, hook, popper, staple), berbiquí (bit brace). (various references)

Swedish

sträva (aim, aspire, endeavor, endeavour, labor, labour, strive, strut, toil), spänna (buckle, draw, put to, span, strain, stretch, string, tauten, tense, tighten), klammer (staple), dra till (tighten). (various references)

Thai

รั�" (bind). (various references)

Turkish

bağlamak (affiliate, assign, attach, attribute, band, bandage, belay, bend, bind, bond, braid, clasp, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, connect, copulate, cord, couple, do up, engage, enthral, enthrall, fasten, fasten up, fix, fixate, grapple, guy, hitch, hook on, hook up, infix, interconnect, interlink, interlock, inthral, join, knit, knit together, knit up, knot, lace, lace up, lash, lash down, leash, ligature, link, link up, lock, lock up, mediatize, oblige, put through, rivet, rope, settle, string, subordinate, switch to, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, truss, unite, Wed), bağ (alliance, bandage, beginnings, binder, bond, connection, connexion, copula, copulation, cord, corelate, daughter, desmo-, fascia, fastener, fastening, header, knot, lace, league, ligament, ligature, link, linkage, linkup, nexus, noose, relation, relationship, string, tie, tie up, truss, vinculum, vine, vineyard, yoke), zindeleştirmek, prasya, pantolon askısı (a pair of braces, braces, galluses, suspenders), neşelendirmek (amuse, animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, cheer, cheer up, elate, enliven, exhilarate, hearten, inspirit, light, light up, liven, liven up, quicken, revive, spirit, spirit up, vivify), matkap kolu, iki (ambi-, amphi-, bi-, couple, dual, duo-, dyad, twain, two, two-), güçlendirmek (beef up, cement, enforce, enrich, exalt, make strong, reinforce, soup up, steel, strengthen, support to, tone up, vivify), desteklemek (advocate, assist, back up, bear out, bear smb. out, bolster, bolster up, buoy, buttress, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, Favor, favour, fortify, give a leg up, give countenance to, go along with, help forward, hold up, identify, indorse, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, logroll, nourish, patronize, promote, prop, root for, second, shore, sponsor, spoonfeed, stake, stanchion, stand, stand by, start, stick up for, strengthen, subordinate, support, sustain, underpin, uphold), destek (aid, anchorage, assistance, backing, backup, bolster, booster, bracer, bracket, buttress, contribution, cooperation, corbel, countenance, crutch, endorsement, friend, indorsement, mounting, pillar, pit prop, prop, reinforcement, relief, rest, rider, second, shore, shot, sponsorship, spur, staff, stake, stanchion, stand by, stay, stiffening, strut, support, supporter, supporting, sustenance, truss, underlay, upholder), canlandırmak (accelerate, animate, arouse, bring to life, brisk, brisk up, characterize, drum up, enact, enliven, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, furbish up, galvanize, ginger, ginger up, give a fresh impetus to, hearten, impersonate, innervate, inspire, inspirit, interpret, invigorate, jazz, jazz up, jog, key up, liven, liven up, pep up, perform, personalize, personate, personify, play, play the role of, portray, quicken, rake up, rally, recreate, refresh, regenerate, represent, revitalize, revive, revivify, rouse, rouse up, smarten, smarten up, spirit, spirit up, stimulate, tone up, touch up, uplift, vitalize, vivify, wake, waken), çift (ambi-, amphi-, bi-, binary, conjugate, couple, dipl-, diplo, double, dual, duet, duple, duplicate, dyad, even, geminate, pair, twin, yoke). (various references)

Turkmen 

diremek (prop up), direg (prop, strut), arkadaядnз. (various references)

Ukrainian

скріпляти (anchor, annex, authenticate, clamp, clip, fasten, hold together, put together, tie), скоба (bail, bracket, buckle, clamp, clench, clinch, clincher, clip, cramp, holdfast, staple, stirrup), фігурна дужка, коловорот (angle-brace, brog, capstan, hand-brace, hauler, pulley, vortex, whim, whirl, whirlpool, zodiac), натягувати (draw on, pull, pull on, shuffle on, string, tense), зв'язувати (apply, band, bind up, cement, concatenate, couple, fasten, join, knit together, strap, tie, tie down, tie up), підтяжки, підпора (affluent, bracket, chock, prop, rack, upright), підпирати (back, buttress, chock, prop, shore, skid, stake, stanchion, strut, sustain, underlay, underpin, underset). (various references)

Vietnamese 

dây brơten. (various references)

Welsh

tynhau (strain, tighten), rhwymyn (band, bandage, bond), pa+r (lance, pair, spear, suit), cwplws (coupling), cryfhau (grow strong, strengthen), cleddyf (sword). (various references)

brakhion. (various references)

brace. (various references)

estanchon. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "brace": braced, bracelet, bracelets, bracer, bracero, braceros, bracers, braces. (additional references)

Words ending with "brace": embrace, subrace, thoroughbrace, unbrace, vambrace. (additional references)

Words containing "brace": embraceable, embraced, embracement, embracements, embraceor, embraceors, embracer, embraceries, embracers, embracery, embraces, subraces, thoroughbraces, unbraced, unbraces, vambraces. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Brace" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bacce, bacee, baci, Bacie, baec, Baracco, baraka, barca, barce, barcie, Barcle, Barke, Barocci, Barocco, barraca, Beauce, berce, biace, blace, Boaco, Boraceva, boracic, brac, braccia, braccio, bracea, bracet, brache, brachet, Bracke, bracy, braec, brahe, brak, braka, braket, brale, Brame, branca, brance, brane, branee, brare, brase, brashe, Braye, brc, brcke, brece, Brici, Bricom, brince, brisca, broca, Brocca, broce, broci, Brucey, Bruche, bryce, buraku, erace, orace, Ubriaco. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: acerb, caber.

-1 letter: acre, bare, bear, brae, carb, care, crab, race.

-2 letters: ace, arb, arc, are, bar, bra, cab, car, ear, era, reb, rec.

-3 letters: ab, ae, ar, ba, be, er, re.

+1 letter: backer, braced, bracer, braces, breach, cabers, camber, caribe, crambe, rubace.

+2 letters: abreact, acerber, acerbic, aerobic, ascribe, backers, batcher, bearcat, becharm, becrawl, blacker, boraces, bracero, bracers, braches, brachet, bracken, bracket, bracted, breccia, brecham, brechan, brocade, cabaret, caliber, calibre, cambers, carbide, carbine, caribes, cerebra, chamber, clabber, clamber, crabbed, crabber, crambes, cudbear, curable, embrace, macaber, macabre, rubaces, subrace, unbrace, zebraic.