Brace vs. Trace

Bracenoun

(obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.

Bracenoun

(obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.

Bracenoun

A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.

Bracenoun

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

Bracenoun

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.

Bracenoun

A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.

Bracenoun

The state of being braced or tight; tension.

Bracenoun

Harness; warlike preparation.

Bracenoun

(typography) 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.

Bracenoun

A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally 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.

Bracenoun

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.

Bracenoun

(nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.

Bracenoun

The mouth of a shaft.

Bracenoun

Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.

Bracenoun

(plural in the US, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.

Bracenoun

(soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.

Braceverb

To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.

Braceverb

To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.

Braceverb

(nautical) 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.

Braceverb

To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.

Braceverb

To confront with questions, demands or requests.

Braceverb

To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.

Braceverb

To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.

Braceverb

To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

Bracenoun

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

Bracenoun

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.

Bracenoun

The state of being braced or tight; tension.

Bracenoun

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.

Bracenoun

A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves.

Bracenoun

A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.

Bracenoun

A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.

Bracenoun

A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt.

Bracenoun

Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.

Bracenoun

Harness; warlike preparation.

Bracenoun

Armor for the arm; vantbrace.

Bracenoun

The mouth of a shaft.

Braceverb

To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.

Braceverb

To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.

Braceverb

To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

Braceverb

To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.

Braceverb

To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.

Braceverb

To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; - with up.

Bracenoun

a support that steadies or strengthens something else;

Bracenoun

two items of the same kind

Bracenoun

a set of two similar things considered as a unit

Bracenoun

either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material

Bracenoun

a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it

Bracenoun

elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)

Bracenoun

an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

Bracenoun

the stock of a tool used for turning a drilling bit

Bracenoun

a structural member used to stiffen a framework

Braceverb

prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult

Braceverb

support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace;

Braceverb

support by bracing

Braceverb

cause to be alert and energetic;

Bracenoun

a device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support

Bracenoun

a strengthening piece of iron or timber used in building or carpentry.

Bracenoun

a wire device fitted in the mouth to straighten the teeth.

Bracenoun

a drilling tool with a crank handle and a socket to hold a bit.

Bracenoun

a rope attached to the yard of a ship for trimming the sail.

Bracenoun

a pair of straps that pass over the shoulders and fasten to the top of trousers at the front and back to hold them up.

Bracenoun

a pair of something, typically of birds or mammals killed in hunting

Bracenoun

either of the two marks { and }, used either to indicate that two or more items on one side have the same relationship as each other to the single item to which the other side points, or in pairs to show that words between them are connected.

Bracenoun

a similar mark connecting staves to be performed at the same time.

Braceverb

make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support

Braceverb

press (one's body or part of one's body) firmly against something in order to stay balanced

Braceverb

prepare (someone) for something difficult or unpleasant

Tracenoun

An act of tracing.

Tracenoun

An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

Tracenoun

A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

Tracenoun

A residue of some substance or material.

Tracenoun

A very small amount.

Tracenoun

(electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.

Tracenoun

An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.

Tracenoun

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

Tracenoun

(engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

Tracenoun

(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.

Tracenoun

(geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

Tracenoun

(mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.

Tracenoun

(grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.

Traceverb

(transitive) To follow the trail of.

Traceverb

To follow the history of.

Traceverb

(transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.

Traceverb

(transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.

Traceverb

To copy; to imitate.

Traceverb

To walk; to go; to travel.

Traceverb

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

Traceverb

To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.

Tracenoun

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

Tracenoun

A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, esp. from one plane to another; specif., such a piece in an organ-stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

Tracenoun

A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.

Tracenoun

A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; - hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.

Tracenoun

A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.

Tracenoun

The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

Tracenoun

The ground plan of a work or works.

Traceverb

To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.

Traceverb

To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens.

Traceverb

Hence, to follow the trace or track of.

Traceverb

To copy; to imitate.

Traceverb

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

Traceverb

To walk; to go; to travel.

Tracenoun

a just detectable amount;

Tracenoun

an indication that something has been present;

Tracenoun

a suggestion of some quality;

Tracenoun

drawing created by tracing

Tracenoun

either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

Tracenoun

a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

Traceverb

follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;

Traceverb

make a mark or lines on a surface;

Traceverb

to go back over again;

Traceverb

pursue or chase relentlessly;

Traceverb

discover traces of;

Traceverb

make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along;

Traceverb

copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of;

Traceverb

read with difficulty;

Traceverb

find or discover by investigation

Traceverb

find or describe the origin or development of

Traceverb

follow or mark the course or position of (something) with one's eye, mind, or finger

Traceverb

take (a particular path or route)

Traceverb

copy (a drawing, map, or design) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of transparent paper

Traceverb

draw (a pattern or line), especially with one's finger or toe

Traceverb

give an outline of

Tracenoun

a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something

Tracenoun

a line or pattern displayed by an instrument to show the existence or nature of something which is being recorded or measured.

Tracenoun

a physical change in the brain presumed to be caused by a process of learning or memory.

Tracenoun

a very small quantity, especially one too small to be accurately measured

Tracenoun

a barely discernible indication of something

Tracenoun

a procedure to investigate the source of something, such as the place from which a telephone call was made

Tracenoun

a line which represents the projection of a curve or surface on a plane or the intersection of a curve or surface with a plane.

Tracenoun

a path or track.

Tracenoun

the sum of the elements in the principal diagonal of a square matrix.

Tracenoun

each of the two side straps, chains, or ropes by which a horse is attached to a vehicle that it is pulling.