Braces tarimas:

/bresəz /

Braces audio:

Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:

• noun: A device that holds or fastens two or more parts together or in place; a clamp.
• noun: A device, such as a supporting beam in a building or a connecting wire or rope, that steadies or holds something else erect.
• noun: Chiefly British Suspenders.
• noun: An orthopedic appliance used to support, align, or hold a bodily part in the correct position.
• noun: A dental appliance constructed of bands and wires that is fixed to the teeth to correct irregular alignment. Often used in the plural.
• noun: An extremely stiff, erect posture.
• noun: A cause or source of renewed physical or spiritual vigor.
• noun: A protective pad strapped to the bow arm of an archer.
• noun: Nautical A rope by which a yard is swung and secured on a square-rigged ship.
• noun: A cranklike handle with an adjustable aperture at one end for securing and turning a bit.
• noun: Music A leather loop that slides to change the tension on the cord of a drum.
• noun: Music A vertical line, usually accompanied by the symbol {, connecting two or more staffs.
• noun: Music A set of staffs connected in this way.
• noun: A symbol, { or }, enclosing two or more lines of text or listed items to show that they are considered as a unit.
• noun: Mathematics Either of a pair of symbols, { }, used to indicate aggregation or to clarify the grouping of quantities when parentheses and square brackets have already been used. Also called bracket.
• noun: A pair of like things: three brace of partridges.
• verb-transitive: To furnish with a brace.
• verb-transitive: To support or hold steady with or as if with a brace; reinforce.
• verb-transitive: To prepare or position so as to be ready for impact or danger: Union members braced themselves for a confrontation with management.
• verb-transitive: To confront with questions or requests.
• verb-transitive: To increase the tension of.
• verb-transitive: To invigorate; stimulate: "The freshness of the September morning inspired and braced him” ( Thomas Hardy).
• verb-transitive: Nautical To turn (the yards of a ship) by the braces.
• verb-intransitive: To get ready; make preparations.
• phrasal-verb: brace up To summon one's strength or endurance.

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