Brace in a sentence as a noun

So just brace yourself for the culture shock, ok?

That's when I truly cringe and brace myself for the popups.

This passage:> Before this brace becomes the standard of care, it will face challenges.

I now find that when I click on "comments" I unconsciously brace myself to find this type of comment at the top of the thread.

It makes for readable code even in curly brace languages like JS, Java, and C. In fact, I found the first curly brace example with the odd indentation jarring.

Brace in a sentence as a verb

Some doctors swear by sling type X, others by brace type Y. Some doctors will yell at you to keep your sling on at all times; other doctors will tell you not to bother with it past the first three or four weeks unless you actually experience pain.

Some observers objected to Go's C-like block structure with braces, preferring the use of spaces for indentation, in the style of Python or Haskell.

Everybody knows that % jumps between a bracket, brace or parenthesis and its matched pair, but what happens if you hit % while the cursor isn't on such a character?

It is better to forgo convenience for safety and dependability, so Go has brace-bounded blocks.

Brace definitions

noun

a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee"

noun

two items of the same kind

noun

a set of two similar things considered as a unit

See also: pair

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

See also: suspender gallus

noun

an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

See also: braces

noun

a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring

See also: bitstock

noun

a structural member used to stiffen a framework

See also: bracing

verb

prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult

See also: poise

verb

support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"

See also: steady stabilize stabilise

verb

support by bracing

verb

cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

See also: stimulate arouse energize energise