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    bracing
    /ˈbreɪsɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. fresh and invigorating: "the bracing sea air"
    • 2. (of a support) serving to brace a structure: "bracing struts"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBRACING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    (of weather) cold and perhaps windy, in a way that makes you feel full of energy : The crisp weather was oddly bracing. The air on top of the hill was cool and bracing. a bracing wind. Synonym. fresh. (of an activity) making you feel full of energy because it is done outside when the weather is cold and perhaps windy:

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › bracingBracing Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of BRACING is giving strength, vigor, or freshness. How to use bracing in a sentence.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › braceBrace Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. a. : prepare, steel. brace yourself for the shock. : invigorate, freshen. I took the shower and it braced me up a bit. Raymond Chandler. c. : to prepare for use by making taut. brace a drum. 2. a. : to furnish or support with a brace (see brace entry 2 sense 1) heavily braced against the wind. b. : to make stronger : reinforce.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBRACING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    2 meanings: 1. refreshing; stimulating; invigorating 2. a system of braces used to strengthen or support.... Click for more definitions.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › bracingBRACING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Bracing definition: strengthening; invigorating. See examples of BRACING used in a sentence.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBRACE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Oct 30, 2017 · BRACE definition: 1. something that is used to support or connect things, or to make something stronger: 2. a set of…. Learn more.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › bracingBracing - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Anything bracing is brisk and refreshing. A Mainer might consider a January swim in the Atlantic Ocean to be bracing, while her Floridian best friend may think she's crazy. You probably enjoy the bracing sea air when you're on a sailboat, or the bracing hike you take up the side of a mountain.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishbracing adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of bracing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordBRACING - Find out everything about this English word | Collins

    If you describe something, especially a place, climate, or activity as bracing, you mean that it makes you feel fresh and full of energy. [...]

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › bracing_adjbracing, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective bracing mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective bracing, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use.