Definitions for bracing

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bracing brac·ing

Spelling: [brey-sing]

IPA: /ˈbreɪ sɪŋ/

Bracing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 190 anagrams from letters in bracing (abcginr).

Definitions for bracing

noun

1. a brace.
2. braces collectively:
3. material, as timber, used for braces.
4. something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
5. anything that imparts rigidity or steadiness.
6. Also called bitbrace, bitstock. Machinery. a device for holding and turning a bit for boring or drilling.
7. Building Trades. a piece of timber, metal, etc., for supporting or positioning another piece or portion of a framework.
8. Nautical. (on a square-rigged ship) a rope by which a yard is swung about and secured horizontally.
9. Music. leather loops sliding upon the tightening cords of a drum to change their tension and the drum's pitch.
10. Often, braces. Dentistry. a round or flat metal wire placed against the surfaces of the teeth for straightening irregularly arranged teeth.
11. Medicine/Medical. an appliance for supporting a weak joint or joints.
12. braces, Chiefly British. suspender (def 1).
13. a pair; couple:
14. Printing. one of two characters { or } used to enclose words or lines to be considered together. bracket (def 7).
15. Music. connected staves.
16. a protective band covering the wrist or lower part of the arm, especially a bracer.
17. Military. a position of attention with exaggeratedly stiff posture.

Idioms

1. brace up, Informal. to summon up one's courage; become resolute:

adjective

1. strengthening; invigorating:
2. of, relating to, or serving as a brace.

Verb phrases

1. brace in, Nautical. to brace (the yards of a square-rigged vessel) more nearly athwartships, as for running free.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish, fasten, or strengthen with or as if with a brace.
2. to fix firmly; make steady; secure against pressure or impact:
3. to make tight; increase the tension of.
4. to act as a stimulant to.
5. Nautical. to swing or turn around (the yards of a ship) by means of the braces.
6. Military. to order (a subordinate) to assume and maintain a brace.

verb (used without object)

1. Military. to assume a brace.

Origin of bracing

1475-85; brace (v.) + -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for bracing

It had a lot to do with prevailing medical opinion that bracing climates were essential to good health.

The strategic coastal city of Mariupol is bracing for attack as pro-Russian rebels move south and say the capital isn't safe.

The administration is also bracing for Russian retaliation to the limited sanctions being rolled out Monday.

This is just the season of the year to enjoy the bracing air.

bracing himself, he leant his whole weight on the single rein.

It braced me, and the time was coming when all the bracing I could get would not be too much.

Headlines big and small proclaim the bracing news: democratization, as a global project, is over.

We in turn can briefly marvel at the bracing, if distant, possibility of a King Harry.

The food is good, and the Kansas air fresh and bracing and plentiful.

She had a desire to chastise thought by strong, bracing action.