"brace" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɹeɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brace.wav [Southern-England] Forms: braces [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪs Etymology: From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mreǵʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|brace}} Middle English brace, {{der|en|fro|brace||arm}} Old French brace (“arm”), {{der|en|la|bracchia}} Latin bracchia, {{m|la|bracchium||arm}} bracchium (“arm”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} brace (plural braces)
  1. (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Armor
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-Dy2d0W7y Disambiguation of Armor: 58 6 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms): fathom Translations (measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise): braça (Catalan), el [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), syli (Finnish), toise [feminine] (French), braza [feminine] (Galician), Klafter [masculine, neuter] (German), Armspanne [feminine] (German), braccia [feminine] (Italian), whanganga (Maori), braça (Portuguese), braza [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-zGAIPCcT Disambiguation of "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms": 2 78 3 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise": 1 60 3 1 3 1 4 1 7 5 3 5 1 1 4 2
  3. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-k98zvbSM
  4. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop. Translations (that which holds tightly): скоба (skoba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), свръзка (svrǎzka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), side (Finnish), Klammer [feminine] (German), Spange [feminine] (German), Klemme [feminine] (German), Zwinge [feminine] (German), Halter [masculine] (German), Befestigung [feminine] (German), Spanner [masculine] (German), Band [neuter] (German), Schiene (note: for leg, knee etc.) (German), abbraccio [masculine] (Italian), tauteka (Maori), скоба́ (skobá) [feminine] (Russian), скре́па (skrépa) [feminine] (Russian), abrazadera [feminine] (Spanish), скоба (skoba) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-aMBKIvH9 Disambiguation of 'that which holds tightly': 1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3
  5. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-LtaJy5xw
  6. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-MJISbDaE
  7. The state of being braced or tight; tension. Translations (arrangement for producing tension): обтяжка (obtjažka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kiristin (Finnish), Spanner [masculine] (German), Spannband [neuter] (German), Zwinge [feminine] (German), Federzug [masculine] (German), Spanngummi [neuter] (German), Spannzwinge [feminine] (German), Zugstab [masculine] (German), Bandage [feminine] (German), aggancio [masculine] (Italian), grappa [feminine] (Italian), uncino [masculine] (Italian), распо́рка (raspórka) [feminine] (Russian), tensor [masculine] (Spanish), tirante [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-O-64u6mg Disambiguation of 'arrangement for producing tension': 0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3
  8. Harness; warlike preparation.
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-dd1Nn00i
  9. (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves. Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-Tox4jD9X Topics: media, publishing, typography
  10. (plural brace) A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.) Synonyms (pair, couple): dyad Translations (a pair): чифт (čift) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pari (Finnish), kaksikko (Finnish), parivaljakko (Finnish), paire (French), couple [masculine] (French), Paar [neuter] (German), tōpū (Maori), caigeann [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), pareja [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-8E7oBD2T Disambiguation of 'pair, couple': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'a pair': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
  11. 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. Translations (structural piece used for support, often diagonal): подпора (podpora) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vinotuki (english: diagonal) (Finnish), tuki (Finnish), kannatin (Finnish), fiche [feminine] (French), Zange [feminine] (German), Strebe [feminine] (German), Versteifung [feminine] (German), Stütze [feminine] (German), Stützbalken [masculine] (German), Knagge [feminine] (German), Verstrebung [feminine] (German), Kopfband [neuter] (German), Tragband [neuter] (German), Anker [masculine] (German), Band [neuter] (German), tauhōkai (Maori), tauteka (Maori), hōngai (Maori), hōkai (Maori), kaumahaki (Maori), подпо́рка (podpórka) [feminine] (Russian), раско́с (raskós) [masculine] (Russian), упо́рка (upórka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-KbiJoFey Disambiguation of 'structural piece used for support, often diagonal': 0 1 2 3 2 15 2 3 12 12 24 2 3 4 13 3
  12. (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (rope for moving a yard): ahdin (Finnish), brassi (Finnish), Brasse [feminine] (German), מוֹשְכָה (moshkhah) [feminine] (Hebrew), брас (bras) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-cLopOazX Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'rope for moving a yard': 1 2 2 2 8 6 3 6 4 4 6 41 3 3 6 4
  13. (British, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft. Tags: British, Cornwall Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-SqzYq5Vf Categories (other): British English, Cornish English Topics: business, mining
  14. (British, chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders. Tags: British, in-plural Translations (straps or bands to sustain trousers): тиранти (tiranti) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), olkaimet [plural] (Finnish), henkselit [plural] (Finnish), Hosenträger [masculine] (German), bretella [feminine] (Italian), perehi (Maori), подтяжка (podtjažka) [feminine] (Russian), tirantes [masculine, plural] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-DuuOADB0 Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'straps or bands to sustain trousers': 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 80 5 1
  15. (plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite. Tags: plural, singular
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun-7cfHK9lm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 3 3 1 3 2 10 1 8 7 4 8 3 2 12 5 13 0 8 1 1 2 1 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 4 3 2 3 3 8 2 8 8 4 7 3 3 10 4 11 1 8 2 1 2 2 1
  16. (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game. Categories (topical): Football (soccer) Translations (two goals in one game): kaksi maalia (Finnish), tupla (Finnish), doublé [masculine] (French), Doppelpack [masculine] (German), Doppelschlag [masculine] (German), Spange [feminine] (German), dwigol (Indonesian), doppietta [feminine] (Italian), doblete [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-noun--PdgyOZc Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'two goals in one game': 0 2 1 3 2 4 3 6 10 9 9 1 3 3 4 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: twosome, duo Derived forms: angle brace, cross brace, curly brace, embrace, in a brace of shakes, neck-brace, neck brace, one true brace style

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɹeɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brace.wav [Southern-England] Forms: braces [present, singular, third-person], bracing [participle, present], braced [participle, past], braced [past]
Rhymes: -eɪs Etymology: From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mreǵʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|brace}} Middle English brace, {{der|en|fro|brace||arm}} Old French brace (“arm”), {{der|en|la|bracchia}} Latin bracchia, {{m|la|bracchium||arm}} bracchium (“arm”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} brace (third-person singular simple present braces, present participle bracing, simple past and past participle braced)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to prepare for something bad): agafar-se (Catalan), posílit se (Czech), připravit se [perfective] (Czech), voorbereiden (Dutch), schrap zetten (Dutch), valmistautua törmäykseen (Finnish), retenir son souffle (French), gefasst machen (German), wappnen (German), einstellen (German), puntellarsi (Italian), tenersi forte (Italian), stålsette (Norwegian Bokmål), herde (Norwegian Bokmål), stålsetja (Norwegian Nynorsk), herda (Norwegian Nynorsk), гото́виться (gotóvitʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), пригото́виться (prigotóvitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), крепи́ться (krepítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), держа́ться (deržátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), prepararse (Spanish), agarrarse (Spanish), stålsätta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-verb-SdxHBUbg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 3 3 1 3 2 10 1 8 7 4 8 3 2 12 5 13 0 8 1 1 2 1 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 4 3 2 3 3 8 2 8 8 4 7 3 3 10 4 11 1 8 2 1 2 2 1 Disambiguation of 'to prepare for something bad': 81 2 10 2 1 1 2 2
  2. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly. Translations (to place in a position for resisting pressure): opřít se [perfective] (Czech), držet se [imperfective] (Czech), stemmen (German), entgegenstemmen [reflexive] (German), aferrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-verb-f6PPoEB3 Disambiguation of 'to place in a position for resisting pressure': 1 92 1 1 1 1 5 0
  3. (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. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (to swing round the yards): prassata (Finnish), ahtaa (Finnish), brasser (French), brassen (German)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-verb-ro8OqPXd Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'to swing round the yards': 2 2 78 3 3 3 7 1
  4. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
    Sense id: en-brace-en-verb-Nkl2-WKL
  5. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
    Sense id: en-brace-en-verb-zxQZKJd~
  6. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop. Translations (to furnish with braces; to support; to prop): подпирам (podpiram) (Bulgarian), consolider (French), fortifier (French), verstreben (German), whakatete (Maori), tauteka (Maori)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-verb-bejUkeo7 Disambiguation of 'to furnish with braces; to support; to prop': 0 0 5 1 1 92 1 0
  7. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen. Translations (to draw tight; to tighten): затягам (zatjagam) (Bulgarian), anspannen (German)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-verb-bdu8oJAk Disambiguation of 'to draw tight; to tighten': 1 2 1 1 1 1 91 3
  8. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly. Translations (to bind or tie closely): свързвам (svǎrzvam) (Bulgarian), zusammenschnüren (German), amarrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brace-en-verb-WfiJYIEg Disambiguation of 'to bind or tie closely': 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brace up Related terms: brace aback, brace about, brace abox, brace by, brace in, brace oneself, brace sharp, brace of shakes

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈbra.t͡ʃe/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-brace.wav Forms: braci [plural]
Rhymes: -atʃe Etymology: Perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with French braise (“embers”), Swedish brasa (“to roast”), Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”). Most probably cognate to Sanskrit भ्रज (bhrája, “fire”). Etymology templates: {{der|it|got|*𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰||glowing coal}} Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), {{der|it|gem-pro|*brasō||gleed, crackling coal}} Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), {{der|it|ine-pro|*bʰres-||to crack, break, burst}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”), {{cog|fr|braise||embers}} French braise (“embers”), {{cog|sv|brasa||to roast}} Swedish brasa (“to roast”), {{cog|is|brasa||to harden by fire}} Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”), {{cog|sa|भ्रज||fire|tr=bhrája}} Sanskrit भ्रज (bhrája, “fire”) Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} brace f (plural braci)
  1. (usually in the plural) embers Tags: feminine, plural-normally Synonyms: brage, bragia, bracia [archaic, dialectal] Derived forms: braciaio, braciaiola, braciere, bracino, braciola

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈbraːs(ə)/
Etymology: From Old French brace, from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|brace}} Old French brace, {{der|enm|la|bracchia}} Latin bracchia, {{m|la|bracchium}} bracchium Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} brace, {{enm-noun|-}} brace (uncountable)
  1. Vambrace; armour which protects the arm. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Armor
    Sense id: en-brace-enm-noun-DmBLxTUk Disambiguation of Armor: 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. A cord or brace for fastening or attaching things to something. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-brace-enm-noun-MBZNuvQy Disambiguation of Architecture: 8 12 8 5 15 5 11 18 2 14 3
  3. A group or set of two dogs or canines. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-brace-enm-noun-hANSMtu7
  4. Wood used as a buttress or support for building. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-brace-enm-noun-9IkpYcIi
  5. (rare) A support or buttress used in other applications. Tags: rare, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-brace-enm-noun-RnY-Fqxq Disambiguation of Architecture: 8 12 8 5 15 5 11 18 2 14 3
  6. (rare) A kind of riding equipment or horse tack. Tags: rare, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Horse tack
    Sense id: en-brace-enm-noun-9RdsN3tq Disambiguation of Horse tack: 4 6 4 4 9 39 8 15 1 7 2
  7. (rare) A peninsula; a cape or slice of land jutting into the sea. Tags: rare, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-brace-enm-noun-ecrmkOc3 Disambiguation of Architecture: 8 12 8 5 15 5 11 18 2 14 3
  8. (rare) A perch (unit of measure) Tags: rare, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture, Units of measure Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-brace-enm-noun-UhiGzR2P Disambiguation of Architecture: 8 12 8 5 15 5 11 18 2 14 3 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 5 17 6 2 7 3 8 40 1 9 3 Disambiguation of Landforms: 9 7 8 5 10 5 17 22 2 14 2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 6 7 5 9 5 15 31 0 13 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 6 7 6 9 6 16 31 0 12 1
  9. (rare) A point of a cross or rood. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-brace-enm-noun-pBmPB4Ml
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brase, braas, bras Derived forms: bracen, bracer, brasyng, rerebrace, vambrace
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} brace
  1. Alternative form of bras Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bras Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-brace-enm-noun-l~ASbfj~ Disambiguation of Architecture: 8 12 8 5 15 5 11 18 2 14 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} brace
  1. Alternative form of bracen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bracen
    Sense id: en-brace-enm-verb-fWVxPkEy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Old French]

Forms: brace oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], braces [oblique, plural], brace [nominative, singular], braces [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Latin brachia, bracchia, originally the plural of bracchium. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la|brachia}} Latin brachia, {{m|la|bracchia}} bracchia, {{m|la|bracchium}} bracchium Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} brace oblique singular, f (oblique plural braces, nominative singular brace, nominative plural braces)
  1. arm (limb) Related terms: bras
    Sense id: en-brace-fro-noun-zjzKK1KU Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Romanian]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], brace [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște brace [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], bracele [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], brace [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor brace [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], bracelor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], bracelor [plural, vocative]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin brācae, plural of brāca. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ro|la|brācae|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin brācae, {{inh+|ro|la|brācae}} Inherited from Latin brācae, {{m|la|brāca}} brāca Head templates: {{ro-noun|f-p}} brace f pl (plural only) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun-single|g=f|gpd=bracelor|gpi=brace|gsd=bracei|gsi=brace|n=pl|npd=bracele|npi=brace|nsd=braca|nsi=bracă|vp=bracelor|vs=bracă|vs2=braco}}
  1. (rare, Bukovina) underwear, undergarments, drawers, unmentionables Tags: Bukovina, feminine, plural, plural-only, rare Categories (topical): Underwear Synonyms: indispensabili, chiloți, izmene, braci Related terms: îmbrăca
    Sense id: en-brace-ro-noun-IuxSvOMy Categories (other): Bukovinian Romanian, Romanian entries with incorrect language header, Romanian pluralia tantum

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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
          "word": "braça"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 60 3 1 3 1 4 1 7 5 3 5 1 1 4 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "el"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 60 3 1 3 1 4 1 7 5 3 5 1 1 4 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
          "word": "syli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 60 3 1 3 1 4 1 7 5 3 5 1 1 4 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "toise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 60 3 1 3 1 4 1 7 5 3 5 1 1 4 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "braza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 60 3 1 3 1 4 1 7 5 3 5 1 1 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Klafter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 60 3 1 3 1 4 1 7 5 3 5 1 1 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Armspanne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 60 3 1 3 1 4 1 7 5 3 5 1 1 4 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "braccia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 60 3 1 3 1 4 1 7 5 3 5 1 1 4 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
          "word": "whanganga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 60 3 1 3 1 4 1 7 5 3 5 1 1 4 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
          "word": "braça"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 60 3 1 3 1 4 1 7 5 3 5 1 1 4 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "braza"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock."
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          "instrument",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop."
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skoba",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "скоба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svrǎzka",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "свръзка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "word": "side"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Klammer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spange"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Klemme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zwinge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Halter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Befestigung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Spanner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Band"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "for leg, knee etc.",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "word": "Schiene"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abbraccio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "word": "tauteka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skobá",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "скоба́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skrépa",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "скре́па"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "abrazadera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 3 49 2 4 4 5 7 4 5 3 2 2 4 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skoba",
          "sense": "that which holds tightly",
          "word": "скоба"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension."
      ],
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          "ligament",
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        ],
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          "rod",
          "rod"
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        [
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        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum."
      ],
      "id": "en-brace-en-noun-MJISbDaE",
      "links": [
        [
          "drum",
          "drum"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The state of being braced or tight; tension."
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obtjažka",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "обтяжка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "word": "kiristin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Spanner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Spannband"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zwinge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Federzug"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Spanngummi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spannzwinge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Zugstab"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Bandage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aggancio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "grappa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "uncino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raspórka",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "распо́рка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tensor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 2 16 11 25 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 9 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tirante"
        }
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "Harness; warlike preparation."
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      "categories": [
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          "name": "Typography",
          "orig": "en:Typography",
          "parents": [
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            "Writing",
            "Industries",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Business",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
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            "Social sciences",
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            "Sciences"
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A curved, pointed line, also known as \"curly bracket\": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves."
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          "typography"
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          "curved",
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        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
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          "curly bracket",
          "curly bracket"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ],
        [
          "role",
          "role"
        ],
        [
          "roll",
          "roll"
        ],
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "connect",
          "connect"
        ],
        [
          "stave",
          "stave"
        ]
      ],
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        "(typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as \"curly bracket\": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves."
      ],
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        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1905, P[atrick] A[ugustine] Sheehan, “Foreshadowings”, in Glenanaar: A Story of Irish Life, New York, N.Y., London, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], page 115",
          "text": "He had had a good day, for several brace of wild fowl hung from his shoulder, and he appeared tired.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)"
      ],
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        [
          "pair",
          "pair"
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        [
          "couple",
          "couple"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural brace) A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)"
      ],
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          "word": "dyad"
        }
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        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "čift",
          "sense": "a pair",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "чифт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a pair",
          "word": "pari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a pair",
          "word": "kaksikko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a pair",
          "word": "parivaljakko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a pair",
          "word": "paire"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a pair",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "couple"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a pair",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Paar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a pair",
          "word": "tōpū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a pair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caigeann"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a pair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pareja"
        }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
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        ],
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          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ],
        [
          "pressure",
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        ],
        [
          "frame",
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        ],
        [
          "truss",
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        ],
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          "triangular",
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        ],
        [
          "tie",
          "tie"
        ],
        [
          "strut",
          "strut"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 2 3 2 15 2 3 12 12 24 2 3 4 13 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podpora",
          "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "подпора"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 2 3 2 15 2 3 12 12 24 2 3 4 13 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "diagonal",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
          "word": "vinotuki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 2 3 2 15 2 3 12 12 24 2 3 4 13 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
          "word": "tuki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 2 3 2 15 2 3 12 12 24 2 3 4 13 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
          "word": "kannatin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 2 3 2 15 2 3 12 12 24 2 3 4 13 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fiche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 2 3 2 15 2 3 12 12 24 2 3 4 13 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zange"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 2 3 2 15 2 3 12 12 24 2 3 4 13 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Strebe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 2 3 2 15 2 3 12 12 24 2 3 4 13 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Versteifung"
        },
        {
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        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ],
        [
          "frame",
          "frame"
        ],
        [
          "truss",
          "truss"
        ],
        [
          "triangular",
          "triangular"
        ],
        [
          "tie",
          "tie"
        ],
        [
          "strut",
          "strut"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ],
        [
          "reeved",
          "reeved"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ],
        [
          "horizontally",
          "horizontally"
        ],
        [
          "rudder",
          "rudder"
        ],
        [
          "gudgeon",
          "gudgeon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "Cornish English",
        "en:Mining"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The mouth of a shaft."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "Cornwall"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "mining"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in North America",
        "in the UK"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Football (soccer)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "28 March 2023, Graeme McGarry, “Scott McTominay earns place in history as Scotland stun Spain”, in The Herald",
          "text": "The Manchester United midfielder’s late brace against Cyprus at the weekend was welcome, but will become no more than a footnote of his Scotland career. His brace here to down the mighty Spanish will go down in history.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 October 23, “What is a brace in soccer?”, in Goal",
          "text": "To score a 'brace' means that you have scored two goals in a game.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Two goals scored by one player in a game."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ],
        [
          "score",
          "score"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹeɪs/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪs"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms",
      "word": "fathom"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pair, couple",
      "word": "dyad"
    },
    {
      "word": "twosome"
    },
    {
      "word": "duo"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
      "word": "braça"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "el"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
      "word": "syli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toise"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "braza"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Klafter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Armspanne"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "braccia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
      "word": "whanganga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
      "word": "braça"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "braza"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skoba",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скоба"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svrǎzka",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свръзка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "word": "side"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spange"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klemme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zwinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Halter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Befestigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spanner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Band"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "for leg, knee etc.",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "word": "Schiene"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abbraccio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "word": "tauteka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skobá",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скоба́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrépa",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скре́па"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abrazadera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skoba",
      "sense": "that which holds tightly",
      "word": "скоба"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obtjažka",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обтяжка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "word": "kiristin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spanner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Spannband"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zwinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Federzug"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Spanngummi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spannzwinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zugstab"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bandage"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aggancio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grappa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uncino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspórka",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "распо́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tensor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "arrangement for producing tension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tirante"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čift",
      "sense": "a pair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чифт"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a pair",
      "word": "pari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a pair",
      "word": "kaksikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a pair",
      "word": "parivaljakko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a pair",
      "word": "paire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a pair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "couple"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a pair",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Paar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a pair",
      "word": "tōpū"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a pair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caigeann"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a pair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pareja"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podpora",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подпора"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "diagonal",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "word": "vinotuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "word": "tuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "word": "kannatin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zange"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Strebe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Versteifung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Stütze"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stützbalken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Knagge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verstrebung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kopfband"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tragband"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Anker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Band"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "word": "tauhōkai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "word": "tauteka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "word": "hōngai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "word": "hōkai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "word": "kaumahaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podpórka",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подпо́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raskós",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "раско́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upórka",
      "sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "упо́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rope for moving a yard",
      "word": "ahdin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rope for moving a yard",
      "word": "brassi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rope for moving a yard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Brasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "moshkhah",
      "sense": "rope for moving a yard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מוֹשְכָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bras",
      "sense": "rope for moving a yard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брас"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tiranti",
      "sense": "straps or bands to sustain trousers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "тиранти"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "straps or bands to sustain trousers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "olkaimet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "straps or bands to sustain trousers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "henkselit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "straps or bands to sustain trousers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hosenträger"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "straps or bands to sustain trousers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bretella"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "straps or bands to sustain trousers",
      "word": "perehi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podtjažka",
      "sense": "straps or bands to sustain trousers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подтяжка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "straps or bands to sustain trousers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tirantes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "two goals in one game",
      "word": "kaksi maalia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "two goals in one game",
      "word": "tupla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "two goals in one game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doublé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "two goals in one game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Doppelpack"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "two goals in one game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Doppelschlag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "two goals in one game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spange"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "two goals in one game",
      "word": "dwigol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "two goals in one game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doppietta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "two goals in one game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doblete"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brace"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mreǵʰ-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪs/1 syllable",
    "en:Armor"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "brace up"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English brace",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "brace",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "bracchia"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bracchia",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "arm"
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "braces",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bracing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "braced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "braced",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "brace aback"
    },
    {
      "word": "brace about"
    },
    {
      "word": "brace abox"
    },
    {
      "word": "brace by"
    },
    {
      "word": "brace in"
    },
    {
      "word": "brace oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "brace sharp"
    },
    {
      "word": "brace of shakes"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "All hands, brace for impact!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Brace yourself!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The boy has no idea about everything that's been going on. You need to brace him for what's about to happen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4)”, in BBC",
          "text": "Bradford would have been braced for an early assault from Villa as they tried to cut the deficit - and so it proved as they struggled to control the physical presence and aerial threat of Benteke, who headed straight at Bradford keeper Matt Duke when he should have done better.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He braced himself against the crowd.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1845, Edward Fairfax (tr.), Godfrey of Bulloigne; or, The Recovery of Jerusalem: Done into English Heroical Verse",
          "text": "A sturdy lance in his right hand he braced.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to brace the yards",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "swing",
          "swing"
        ],
        [
          "square rigged",
          "square rigged"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ],
        [
          "efficient",
          "efficient"
        ],
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig",
          "text": "Just about then the young kid who had braced us when we came in uttered a curse and made for the door.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 February 11, Colin Dexter, Russell Lewis, 58:13 from the start, in Endeavour(Cartouche), season 5, episode 2 (TV series), spoken by DCI Fred Thursday (Roger Allam)",
          "text": "Constable Fancy’s collecting evidence from his flat while Morse and me brace Valdemar.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To confront with questions, demands or requests."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to brace a beam in a building",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To furnish with braces; to support; to prop."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to brace the nerves",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1825, Thomas Campbell, Hallowed Ground",
          "text": "And welcome war to brace her drums.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1815, Walter Scott, Lord of the Isles",
          "text": "some who spurs had first braced on",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly."
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɹeɪs/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪs"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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  ],
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "agafar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "posílit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "připravit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "voorbereiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "schrap zetten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "valmistautua törmäykseen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "retenir son souffle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "gefasst machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "wappnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "einstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "puntellarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "tenersi forte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "stålsette"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "herde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "stålsetja"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "herda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gotóvitʹsja",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гото́виться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prigotóvitʹsja",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пригото́виться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krepítʹsja",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "крепи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "deržátʹsja",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "держа́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "prepararse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "agarrarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to prepare for something bad",
      "word": "stålsätta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to place in a position for resisting pressure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "opřít se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to place in a position for resisting pressure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "držet se"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to place in a position for resisting pressure",
      "word": "stemmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to place in a position for resisting pressure",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "entgegenstemmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to place in a position for resisting pressure",
      "word": "aferrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to swing round the yards",
      "word": "prassata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to swing round the yards",
      "word": "ahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to swing round the yards",
      "word": "brasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to swing round the yards",
      "word": "brassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podpiram",
      "sense": "to furnish with braces; to support; to prop",
      "word": "подпирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to furnish with braces; to support; to prop",
      "word": "consolider"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to furnish with braces; to support; to prop",
      "word": "fortifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to furnish with braces; to support; to prop",
      "word": "verstreben"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to furnish with braces; to support; to prop",
      "word": "whakatete"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to furnish with braces; to support; to prop",
      "word": "tauteka"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zatjagam",
      "sense": "to draw tight; to tighten",
      "word": "затягам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to draw tight; to tighten",
      "word": "anspannen"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svǎrzvam",
      "sense": "to bind or tie closely",
      "word": "свързвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bind or tie closely",
      "word": "zusammenschnüren"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to bind or tie closely",
      "word": "amarrar"
    }
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}

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  "derived": [
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      "word": "braciaio"
    },
    {
      "word": "braciaiola"
    },
    {
      "word": "braciere"
    },
    {
      "word": "bracino"
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "brasa",
        "3": "",
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      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "brasa",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "fire",
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      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit भ्रज (bhrája, “fire”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "braci",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
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        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian feminine nouns",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms derived from Gothic",
        "Italian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian terms with audio links",
        "Italian terms with usage examples",
        "Rhymes:Italian/atʃe",
        "Rhymes:Italian/atʃe/2 syllables",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "grilled meat (literally, “meat [cooked] to the ember”)",
          "text": "Carne alla brace",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "embers"
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          "embers"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) embers"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbra.t͡ʃe/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-atʃe"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "brage"
    },
    {
      "word": "bragia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dialectal"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "brace"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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        "(rare) A kind of riding equipment or horse tack."
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        "rare",
        "uncountable"
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        "rare",
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        "A perch (unit of measure)"
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        "rare",
        "uncountable"
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        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
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        "A point of a cross or rood."
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        "(rare) A point of a cross or rood."
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        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbraːs(ə)/"
    }
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      "word": "brase"
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      "word": "braas"
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    {
      "word": "bras"
    }
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "brace",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "word": "îmbrăca"
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        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian pluralia tantum",
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        {
          "word": "indispensabili"
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          "word": "chiloți"
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          "word": "izmene"
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        "Bukovina",
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    {
      "word": "braci"
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}

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