Brace (n.) That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly |
Brace (n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum. |
Brace (n.) The state of being braced or tight |
Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure |
Brace (n.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together |
Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally |
Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc. |
Brace (n.) A pair |
Brace (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers |
Brace (n.) Harness |
Brace (n.) Armor for the arm |
Brace (n.) The mouth of a shaft. |
Brace (v. t.) To furnish with braces |
Brace (v. t.) To draw tight |
Brace (v. t.) To bind or tie closely |
Brace (v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure |
Brace (v. t.) To move around by means of braces |
Brace (v. i.) To get tone or vigor |
Broken wind () The heaves. |
Counter brace () The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. |
Counter brace () A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive. |
Thick wind () A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema. |
Thorough-brace (n.) A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise. |
Wind (v. t.) To turn completely, or with repeated turns |
Wind (v. t.) To entwist |
Wind (v. t.) To have complete control over |
Wind (v. t.) To introduce by insinuation |
Wind (v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about |
Wind (v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly |
Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction |
Wind (v. i.) To go to the one side or the other |
Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning |
Wind (n.) Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity |
Wind (n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action |
Wind (n.) Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. |
Wind (n.) Power of respiration |
Wind (n.) Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels |
Wind (n.) Air impregnated with an odor or scent. |
Wind (n.) A direction from which the wind may blow |
Wind (n.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. |
Wind (n.) Mere breath or talk |
Wind (n.) The dotterel. |
Wind (v. t.) To expose to the wind |
Wind (v. t.) To perceive or follow by the scent |
Wind (v. t.) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind |
Wind (v. t.) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered |
Wind (v. t.) To blow |
Wind-break (v. t.) To break the wind of |
Wind-break (n.) A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind. |
Wind-broken (a.) Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two |
wind winding twist | the act of winding or twisting, he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind |
wind | breath, the collision knocked the wind out of him |
second wind | the return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion |
fart farting flatus wind breaking wind | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus |
aeolian harp aeolian lyre wind harp | a harp having strings tuned in unison, they sound when wind passes over them |
anemometer wind gauge wind gage | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
ankle brace | a brace worn to strengthen the ankle |
back brace | a brace worn to support the back |
brace bracing | a structural member used to stiffen a framework |
brace bitstock | a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring |
brace braces orthodontic braces | an appliance that corrects dental irregularities |
brace | a support that steadies or strengthens something else, he wore a brace on his knee |
brace suspender gallus | elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) |
brace | a rope on a squareigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it |
brace and bit | a drill consisting of a bit and a brace to hold and turn it |
brace wrench | a wrench shaped like a brace (has a handle shaped like a crank) and a socket head |
knee brace | a brace worn to strengthen the knee |
neck brace | a brace worn to steady the neck |
pinwheel pinwheel wind collector | a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind |
royal brace | a brace to secure the royal mast |
weathervane weather vane vane wind vane | mechanical device attached to an elevated structure, rotates freely to show the direction of the wind |
wind chime wind bell | a decorative arrangement of pieces of metal or glass or pottery that hang together loosely so the wind can cause them to tinkle |
wind farm wind park wind energy facility | a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity |
wind instrument wind | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath |
windmill aerogenerator wind generator | generator that extracts usable energy from winds |
wind rose | weather map showing the frequency and strength of winds from different directions |
wind tee | weather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield |
wind tunnel | a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft |
wind turbine | a turbine that is driven by the wind |
second wind | renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking, She had dinner and got a second wind to finish painting, the employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind |
windage wind deflection | the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind |
windage wind exposure | exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) |
tip lead steer confidential information wind hint | an indication of potential opportunity, he got a tip on the stock market, a good lead for a job |
brace | either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material |
wind malarkey malarky idle words jazz nothingness | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk, that's a lot of wind, don't give me any of that jazz |
windsock wind sock sock air sock air-sleeve wind sleeve wind cone drogue | a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast, used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind |
pair brace | a set of two similar things considered as a unit |
Wind Cave National Park | a national park in South Dakota featuring bison herds and limestone caverns |
wind gap | a pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it |
wind | a tendency or force that influences events, the winds of change |
breeze zephyr gentle wind air | a slight wind (usually refreshing), the breeze was cooled by the lake, as he waited he could feel the air on his neck |
chinook chinook wind snow eater | a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies |
high wind | a very strong wind, rain and high winds covered the region |
katabatic wind catabatic wind | a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air |
east wind easter easterly | a wind from the east |
northwest wind northwester | a wind from the northwest |
north wind northerly norther boreas | a wind that blows from the north |
prevailing wind | the predominant wind direction, the prevailing wind is from the southwest |
solar wind | a stream of protons moving radially from the sun |
south wind souther southerly | a wind from the south |