Brace

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Armor for the arm; vambrace.
2. isim A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
3. isim A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.

   “a brace and bit”

4. isim That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
5. isim A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
6. isim A thong used to regulate the tension 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.”

7. isim The state of being braced or tight; tension.

   “And I am of opinion, that the moſt frequent cauſe of Deafneſs is to be attributed to the Laxneſs of the Tympanum, vvhen it has loſt its Brace or Tenſion by ſome irregularity in the Figure of thoſe Bones, or defect in that Muſcle: […]”

8. isim Harness; warlike preparation.
9. isim 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. isim 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.)

    “But you, my brace of Lords, were I ſo minded / I heere could plucke his Highneſſe frowne vpon you / And iuſtifie you Traitors: […]”

11. isim 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. isim A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
13. isim The mouth of a shaft.
14. isim Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
15. isim A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
16. isim Two goals scored by one player in a game.

    “Coordinate term: hat trick”

17. isim Two wickets taken with two consecutive deliveries.
18. fiil To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.

    “All hands, brace for impact!”

19. fiil To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.

    “He braced himself against the crowd.”

20. fiil 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.

    “to brace the yards”

21. fiil To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
22. fiil To confront with questions, demands or requests.

    “Just about then the young kid who had braced us when we came in uttered a curse and made for the door.”

23. fiil To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.

    “to brace a beam in a building”

24. fiil To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.

    “to brace the nerves”

25. fiil To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

    “The women of China[…], by bracing and binding them [their feet] from their infancy, have very little feet.”

26. özel isim A surname from Old French.