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• brace — I UK [breɪs] / US verb Word forms brace : present tense I/you/we/they brace he/she/it braces present participle bracing past tense braced past participle braced 1) [intransitive/transitive] to get ready for something unpleasant brace yourself for …   English dictionary

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• Brace position — Bracing or crash position is an instruction that can be given to prepare for a crash, such as on an aircraft, the instruction to brace for impact is often given if the aircraft must make an emergency landing over land or water. Contents 1 Types… …   Wikipedia

• brace — brace1 [breıs] v 1.) [T] to mentally or physically prepare yourself or someone else for something unpleasant that is going to happen brace yourself (for sth) ▪ Nancy braced herself for the inevitable arguments. ▪ You had better brace yourself I… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• brace — [[t]bre͟ɪs[/t]] braces, bracing, braced (The plural form for meaning 5 is brace.) 1) VERB If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it. [V pron refl for n] He braced himself for the icy plunge into the… …   English dictionary

• brace — brace1 [ breıs ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to get ready for something unpleasant: brace yourself for something: I braced myself for the results of my blood test. brace yourself to do something: Smith braced himself to deliver the bad… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• brace — 1 verb 1 (T) to prepare for something unpleasant that is going to happen: brace yourself for: Nancy braced herself for the inevitable arguments. | brace yourself to do: Jean, you d better brace yourself to hear bad news. | be braced for: The… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• brace — 01. The coast of Florida is [bracing] itself in expectation of a hurricane which is supposed to hit by the weekend. 02. Soldiers in the capital are [bracing] themselves against an expected attack by rebel forces. 03. He [braced] himself and then… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Steel plate shear wall — A steel plate shear wall (SPSW) consists of steel infill plates bounded by a column beam system. Overview When these infill plates occupy each level within a framed bay of a structure, they constitute an SPSW [Kharrazi, M.H.K., 2005, “Rational… …   Wikipedia

• The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye — Infobox Book | name = The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Jonathan Lethem illustrator = cover artist = Jacket design by Steven Cooley Jacket illustration by Alexander… …   Wikipedia

• Angle brace — Angle An gle ([a^][ng] g l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. agky los bent, crooked, angular, a gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English