"braces" meaning in All languages combined

See braces on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbreɪsɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-braces.wav [UK] Forms: brace, braces [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|brace|braces}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The plural form of brace; more than one (kind of) brace.
    Sense id: simple-braces-en-noun-Qv3jncR4 Categories (other): Plurals
  2. Braces is something used to straighten teeth.
    Sense id: simple-braces-en-noun-qoVCGWSx
  3. Braces are a pair of straps that you wear over the shoulders and fasten to the top of trousers at the front and back to hold them up.
    Sense id: simple-braces-en-noun-AGzMNEwf

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbreɪsɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-braces.wav [UK] Forms: brace [canonical], braces [third-person, singular], braced [past], braced [past, participle], bracing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|brac|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The third-person singular form of brace.
    Sense id: simple-braces-en-verb-d9WRbWpY
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