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the two marks, { }, used to show that the words, etc. between them are connected ASM; A ^ — compare bracket 6 [C] {pi. brace) a pair of birds or animals that have been killed in hunting (

# ) ——JR fTTlXl see belt n. a verb 1 ~ sb/yourself (for sth) to prepare sb/yourself for sth difficult or unpleasant that is going to happen ( A ISXtItfF^ fe:         [VN] UN troops are

braced for more violence. $£ .£ S $£ PA It 'if 0 o They are bracing themselves for a long legal battle, ftkfj XX/iA W '/£ W ifr ffMfeo [also VN to inf] 2 [VN] ~ sth/yourself (against sth) to press your body or part of your body firmly against sth in order to stop yourself from falling        ).B5£, Mfe

( Hi ft 8k fi] ^ ) :          They braced themselves against the

wind. fMIMir AMASIto 3 [VN] to contract the muscles in your body or part of your body before doing sth that is physically difficult

{£ ) W 111 i£] :    He stood with his legs and shoulders

braced, ready to lift the weights.

Hi fk ^ & fl # o 4 [VN] {technical A igj to make sth stronger or more solid by supporting it with sth jjfl ®; f]P @: The roof was braced by lengths of timber.

.brace and 'bit noun a tool for making holes, with a handle that you turn round and round X®® AlAf brace-let /'breislat/ noun a piece of jewellery worn around the wrist or arm X$§; XU; If g§ — picture o JEWELLERY

bracer /'breisa(r)/ noun a drink, usually alcoholic, which is intended to give strength to the person who drinks it    ) mm-, mm

brachiopod /'braekiapDd; NAmE-paid/ noun {biology X) a shellfish that has two joined shells and uses small tentacles (= long thin parts) to find food MfsLzhffi brachio-saurus /.braekia'soiras/ noun a very large dinosaur whose front legs were much longer than its back legs ( AM®#, jMAXMJK ) brac ing /'breisir)/ adj. (especially of weather AIb A A) making you feel full of energy because it is cold AW;  bracing sea air MfrtlAWTW

bracken /'braekan/ noun [U] a wild plant with large leaves that grows thickly on hills and in woods and turns brown in the autumn/fall     ( U+A> fX X

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bracket /'braekit/ noun, verb

■ noun 1 (also 'round bracket) (both BrE) (also paren­thesis NAmE or formal) [usually pi.] either of a pair of marks, (), placed around extra information in a piece of writing or part of a problem in mathematics ^ ■. Publication dates are given in brackets after each title.

0Add the numbers in brackets first, ft fE M W Wi X jJP & A o — see also angle bracket —compare brace n.{5) 2 [usually pi.] {NAmE) = square bracket 3 price, age, income, etc. ~ prices, etc. within a particular range ( iff , X i[fc A If W  people in the lower income bracket

ijjt A^f W A 0 Most of the houses are out of our price bracket.  0 the 30-34

age bracket (= people aged between 30 and 34) * 30-34 ^W^iS4a piece of wood, metal or plastic fixed to the wall to support a shelf, lamp, etc. ( @aE;C£1#i i: W )

a verb [VN] 1 to put words, information, etc. between brackets if!       ± 2 ~ A and B (together) | ~ A

(together) with B [often passive] to consider people or things to be similar or connected in some way # [sjsff-fi; fE • • • jfj tl ifc: It is unfair to bracket together those who cannot work with those who will not. fE X tu

brack ish /'braekij/ adj. (of water /Jc) salty in an unpleasant way W ; A Jfijc W :   brackish lakes/

lagoons/marshes j$,7jc$i / MM / brad /braed/ noun a small thin nail with a small head and a flat tip Mff; XAU