See brace on Wiktionary
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"text": "The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that.",
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"text": "And I am of opinion, that the moſt frequent cauſe of Deafneſs is to be attributed to the Laxneſs of the Tympanum, vvhen it has loſt its Brace or Tenſion by ſome irregularity in the Figure of thoſe Bones, or defect in that Muſcle: […]",
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"text": "’Tis a Pageant / To keepe vs in falſe gaze, when we conſider / Th’importancie of Cyprus to the Turke; / And let our ſelues againe but vnderſtand, / That as it more concerne the Turke then Rhodes, / So may he with more facile queſtion beare it, / For that it ſtands not in ſuch Warrelike brace, / But altogether lackes th’abilities / That Rhodes is dreſs’d in.",
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],
[
"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": "quote"
},
{
"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": "quote"
}
],
"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"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Cricket"
],
"glosses": [
"Two wickets taken with two consecutive deliveries."
],
"links": [
[
"cricket",
"cricket"
],
[
"wicket",
"wicket"
],
[
"deliveries",
"delivery"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(cricket) Two wickets taken with two consecutive deliveries."
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/bɹeɪs/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪs"
},
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"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms",
"word": "fathom"
},
{
"sense": "pair, couple",
"word": "dyad"
},
{
"word": "twosome"
},
{
"word": "duo"
}
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{
"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": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Windrispe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Windrispenband"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Zugband"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "structural piece used for support, often diagonal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Spannband"
},
{
"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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"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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"ref": "1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig:",
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"A support or buttress used in other applications."
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"(rare) A support or buttress used in other applications."
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"A kind of riding equipment or horse tack."
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"(rare) A kind of riding equipment or horse tack."
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"uncountable"
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"A peninsula; a cape or slice of land jutting into the sea."
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"(rare) A peninsula; a cape or slice of land jutting into the sea."
],
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"uncountable"
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"A perch (unit of measure)"
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"(rare) A perch (unit of measure)"
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"rare",
"uncountable"
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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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"word": "brase"
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{
"word": "braas"
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{
"word": "bras"
}
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