To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
To confront with questions, demands or requests.
To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
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.
Harness; warlike preparation.
That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
The state of being braced or tight; tension.
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.
A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
Two goals scored by one player in a game.
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. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.
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.
A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
The mouth of a shaft.
To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
To print or broadcast in the media.
To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
To be a candidate in an election.
To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
To control or manage, be in charge of.
To smuggle (illegal goods).
To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
To make run in a race.
To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting.
To control or have precedence in a card game.
To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
To cause to move quickly or lightly.
To cause to enter; to thrust.
To speedrun.
To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
To move or spread quickly.
To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
To make a machine operate.
To become liquid; to melt.
To make something extend in space.
Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace.
To be presented in the media.
Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
To cost a large amount of money.
Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
Of a liquid, to flow.
To compete in a race.
Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
To make run in an election.
To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
To have growth or development.
To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
To flee from a danger or towards help.
To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.
To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.