All brace synonyms
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B b verb brace
- ready β completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- gird β to gibe or jeer at; taunt.
- fortify β to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- prepare β to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- steel β any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- tighten β make more snug or secure
- uphold β to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
- strengthen β to make stronger; give strength to.
- bind β If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- steady β firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- reinforce β to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material: to reinforce a wall.
- shove β to move along by force from behind; push.
- bandage β A bandage is a long strip of cloth which is wrapped around a wounded part of someone's body to protect or support it.
- fasten β to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- tie β to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
- strap β a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
noun brace
- clamp β A clamp is a device that holds two things firmly together.
- splint β a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- sustainer β a person or thing that sustains.
- strengthener β to make stronger; give strength to.
- stirrup β a loop, ring, or other contrivance of metal, wood, leather, etc., suspended from the saddle of a horse to support the rider's foot.
- cantilever β A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- bracer β a person or thing that braces
- bearing β Someone's bearing is the way in which they move or stand.
- buttress β Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- skid β a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- truss β to tie, bind, or fasten.
- arm β Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.
- staff β a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- bolster β If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
- stanchion β an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- rib β one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- stave β one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- prop β to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
- boom β If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold.
- peg β a female given name, form of Peggy.
- mainstay β Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
- grip β the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- girder β a large beam, as of steel, reinforced concrete, or timber, for supporting masonry, joists, purlins, etc.
- rafter β a flock, especially of turkeys.
- stay β (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- band β A band is a small group of musicians who play popular music such as jazz, rock, or pop.
- splice β to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- strut β to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
- bar β A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
- vice β any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- reinforcement β the act of reinforcing.
- underpinning β a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
- shore β Jane, 1445?β1527, mistress of Edward IV of England.