Definizione monolingua

brace

brace (third-person singular simple present braces, present participle bracing, simple past and past participle braced)

1. To prepare for something bad, as an impact or blow. All hands, brace for impact!
2. (nautical) 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
3. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police
4. To confront with questions, demands or requests

brace (plural braces)

1. (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
2. (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a persons outstretched arms.
3. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
4. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
5. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension
6. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
7. A vertical curved line or ""curly bracket"":  {  or  }  connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {{role, roll}}; or, in music, used to connect staves.
8. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In (UK) use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.
9. 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.
10. (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
11. The mouth of a shaft.
12. (usually plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
13. (usually plural) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
14. (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.

Definizione dizionario brace

girabacchino

	apparecchio (per i denti)
	system to correct crooked teeth

	doppietta
	two goals

	graffa
	vertical curved line (curly bracket)

arrostire

bracciare

bretelle

controvento

coppia

farsi coraggio

gancio

paio

parentesi graffa

rinforzare

sostegno

sostenere

tirante

tonificare

Altri significati:

arrangement for producing tension

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.

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension

To confront with questions, demands or requests

(usually plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.

(obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.

to prepare oneself for an impact

(nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.

The mouth of a shaft.

bitstock

(obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.

(soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.

suspenders

To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police

A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.

To prepare for something bad, as an impact or blow. All hands, brace for impact!

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

that which holds tightly

(usually plural) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth.

A vertical curved line or "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {{role, roll}}; or, in music, used to connect staves.

A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.

(nautical) 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 swing round the yards

rope for moving a yard

A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.)