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Meanings of braces in English
Russian
брас Ship element; rope (line) used to rotate a yard around the mast, to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.
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Examples for "brace"
Examples for "brace"
1
Severe storm damage in Buller as locals brace for ongoing power cuts.
2
With Trump, businesses should brace themselves for further battles ahead, King said.
3
John Mayer should brace himself for Jessica Simpson's forthcoming memoir, Open Book.
4
Lerato Lamola scored a brace, having helped Arrows take the early lead.
5
All told, short-term investors should brace for a rocky summer, Gundlach said.
1
The door had been dismantled, hauled away, salvaged, melted down, and recast into soup ladles, pinballs, and orthodontic braces.
2
The advent of digital scanners and diagnostic tools has allowed orthodontists to make custom orthodontic braces and aligners, Dr Perry says.
3
'Where are you going?' she says and smiles at Bunny and her orthodontic braces flash in the sun.
Usage of braces in English
1
No braces, which I'd guess are fairly common in that age group.
2
Round in the weather braces. Down came the yards on the caps.
3
All the items within the braces apply only to this particular interface.
4
The same method of procedure is carried out in selecting the braces.
5
Apply the above treatment: it checks the flooding, and braces the parts.
6
There is in the atmosphere something that braces one for the language.
7
They are structural; but the beams and braces are out of sight.
8
You cannot use a semicolon to avoid using braces for multiple statements.
9
It was cushioned and curtained and had springs in place of thorough-braces.
10
The braces are used to apply multiple commands at the same address.
11
They rested on the silver badge I had stuck in my braces.
12
That does not drive them to despair; it braces all their powers.
13
St. Louis braces for weekend of protests after new shooting CLAYTON Mo.
14
The broken Ares flag raced past us and lodged in Charybdis's braces.
15
The body of a coach hung from the frame by leather braces.
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Some order passed, and the men ran to the sheet and braces.
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Braces through the time
Braces across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common