Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Invigorating or refreshing; strengthening.
- noun A support; a brace.
- noun Braces considered as a group.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of one that braces, or the state of being braced.
- noun In engineering, a system of braces: as, the bracing of a truss.
- Having the quality of giving strength or tone; invigorating: as, a bracing air.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced.
- noun (Engin.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively.
- adjective Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
brace . - adjective
invigorating orstimulating - noun a
brace - noun US a form of the
military attention stance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a structural member used to stiffen a framework
- adjective imparting vitality and energy
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Examples
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As I'm going over I get a glance at DeJong, high-bracing from the bow, but he knows the goose is cooked.
T. 2006
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Perhaps most bracing is the open struggle its hero wages against his own well-earned cynicism.
Dark Passage 2006
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Perhaps most bracing is the open struggle its hero wages against his own well-earned cynicism.
Dark Passage 2006
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So the 'result' of having canines that function in bracing may be a by-product that peccaries have used to their advantage.
Why putting your hand in a peccary’s mouth is a really bad idea Darren Naish 2006
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Undeniably there’s a certain bracing appeal there, but isn’t that basically Ron Paul’s platform?
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Richard Riley: Undeniably there’s a certain bracing appeal there, but isn’t that basically Ron Paul’s platform?
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Short term bracing with a sling, rest, ice, anti-inflammatories and physiotherapy are usually all that’s necessary.
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The other is what historians call the bracing “jeremiad” tradition of harsh warnings that reveal a faith that America can be better than it is.
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The other is what historians call the bracing “jeremiad” tradition of harsh warnings that reveal a faith that America can be better than it is.
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The other is what historians call the bracing “jeremiad” tradition of harsh warnings that reveal a faith that America can be better than it is.
skipvia commented on the word bracing
Strips of carved wood glued to the inside face or back of a stringed instrument's sound board that both strengthen the sound board and allow it to vibrate to create a pleasing tone. Too little bracing will cause the soundboard to warp or break; too much bracing will create a dull tone.
November 15, 2007
sionnach commented on the word bracing
"How do you like bracing?"
oh, never mind ...
November 15, 2007