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- Dictionarybracing/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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The meaning of BRACING is giving strength, vigor, or freshness. How to use bracing in a sentence.
(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:
Bracing definition: strengthening; invigorating. See examples of BRACING used in a sentence.
2 meanings: 1. refreshing; stimulating; invigorating 2. a system of braces used to strengthen or support.... Click for more definitions.
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.
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.
Definition of bracing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
