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Adjective bracing has 1 sense
- bracing, brisk, energizing, energising, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic - imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
Antonym: debilitating (indirect, via invigorating)
Noun bracing has 1 sense
- brace, bracing - a structural member used to stiffen a framework
--1 is a kind of structural member; strengthener, reinforcement
--1 is a part of framework, frame, framing
--1 has particulars:
Verb brace has 4 senses
- brace, poise - prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
--1 is one way to fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise - support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
--2 is one way to strengthen, beef up, fortify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- brace - support by bracing
--3 is one way to hold, support, sustain, hold up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
--4 is one way to affect
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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