different between pole vs brace

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??l/, /p??l/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /po?l/
  • IPA^(key): [p?o???], [p?o??]
• (US) IPA^(key): [p?o???]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /p??l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• Homophones: Pole, poll

Etymology 1

From Middle English pole, pal, from Old English p?l (“a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade”), from Proto-Germanic *palaz, *p?laz (“pole”), from Latin p?lus (“stake, pale, prop, stay”) from Old Latin *paxlus, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??- (“to nail, fasten”).

Noun

pole (plural poles)

1. Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
2. (fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
3. A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
4. (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
5. (historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹?₄ chain or 5+¹?₂ yards).
6. (motor racing) Pole position.
7. (US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A gun.
8. (vulgar) A penis

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:stick
• (unit of length): rod

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pole (third-person singular simple present poles, present participle poling, simple past and past participle poled)

1. To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

2. To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

3. (transitive) To furnish with poles for support.

4. (transitive) To convey on poles.

5. (transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
6. (transitive, baseball) To strike (the ball) very hard.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French pole, pôle, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek ????? (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

Noun

pole (plural poles)

1. Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
2. A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
3. (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
4. (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
5. (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function ${\displaystyle f(z)}$, any point ${\displaystyle a}$ for which ${\displaystyle f(z)\rightarrow \infty }$ as ${\displaystyle z\rightarrow a}$.

6. (obsolete) The firmament; the sky.
   • 1634, John Milton, Comus, 1817, Paradise Regained... To which is added a complete collection of his miscellaneous poems, page 211,

     And the slope sun his upward beam / Shoots against the dusky pole,

7. Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.

Antonyms

• (complex analysis): zero

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pole (third-person singular simple present poles, present participle poling, simple past and past participle poled)

1. (transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

Anagrams

• LEPO, lope, olpe, pleo-

Aiwoo

Verb

pole

1. to work (in a garden or field)

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) , “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German boln.

Verb

pole

1. (Uri) to make noise, clatter, rumble

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 35.

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *po?e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pol?]

Noun

pole n

1. (agriculture) field
2. (physics) field
3. (algebra) field
4. (computing) field
5. (programming) array

Declension

Synonyms

• komutativní t?leso n (algebra)

Further reading

• pole in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• pole in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adverb

pole

1. in Polish

Estonian

Etymology

Contraction of ep ole (Modern: ei ole). ep is the old 3rd person singular form of the negative verb.

Verb

pole

1. Alternative form of ei ole

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin pollen.

Noun

pole m (plural poles)

1. pollen
2. (motor racing) Pole position.

Synonyms

• primeira posición

Etymology 2

See pulir.

Verb

pole

1. Third-person singular (el, ela, vostede^?) present indicative of pulir

Latin

Noun

pole

1. vocative singular of polus

References

• pole in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pole in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *p??e, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh?- (whence English plain, plane, plan, piano, clan, plant, planet, place, floor, and flake).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.l?/

Noun

pole n (diminutive poletko)

1. field (land area; wide open space)
2. (regional, singular only) outside
3. (geometry) area
4. (physics) field
5. (computing) field

Declension

Derived terms

• pole namiotowe
• szuka? wiatru w polu

Related terms

• Polska
• English: Poland

Further reading

• pole in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pole in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pole (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. vocative singular of pol

Spanish

Etymology

From English pole.

Noun

pole m (plural poles)

1. (motor racing) Pole position

   Synonym: primera posición

Verb

pole

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of polir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of polir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of polir.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Interjection

pole (plural poleni)

1. sorry

See also

• samahani

Adjective

-pole (declinable)

1. calm, gentle

Inflection

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • upole (“gentleness”)

English

Etymology

From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?e?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Noun

brace (plural braces)

1. (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
2. (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
3. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
4. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
5. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
6. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
   • 1713, William Derham, Physico-Theology

     The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that.

7. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
   • 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech

     the laxness of the tympanum, when it has lost its brace or tension

8. Harness; warlike preparation.
9. (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.
10. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) 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.
    • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 5 scene 1

      But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded,

      I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you,

      And justify you traitors

    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain

      A brace of brethren, both bishops, both eminent for learning and religion, now appeared in the church

    • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 5:

      "Are you a prime shot?'" said Richard.

      Ripton nodded knowingly, and answered, "Pretty good."

      "Then ww'll have a dozen brase apiece today," said Richard.
11. 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.
12. (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
13. (Britain, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
14. (Britain, chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
15. (plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
16. (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.

Synonyms

• (measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms): fathom
• (pair, couple): dyad, twosome; see also Thesaurus:duo

Derived terms

• curly brace

Translations

Verb

brace (third-person singular simple present braces, present participle bracing, simple past and past participle braced)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.

   All hands, brace for impact!

   Brace yourself!

   The boy has no idea about everything that's been going on. You need to brace him for what's about to happen.
2. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.

   He braced himself against the crowd.
3. (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.

   to brace the yards

4. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
5. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig

     Just about then the young kid who had braced us when we came in uttered a curse and made for the door.

6. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.

   to brace a beam in a building

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

   to brace the nerves

   • 1825, Thomas Campbell, Hallowed Ground

     And welcome war to brace her drums.

8. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

   • The women of China […] , by bracing and binding them [their feet] from their infancy, have very little feet.

   • 1815, Walter Scott, Lord of the Isles

     some who spurs had first braced on

Synonyms

• (strengthen): See also Thesaurus:strengthen

Translations

Related terms

• brace aback
• brace about
• brace abox
• brace by
• brace in
• brace oneself
• brace sharp
• brace of shakes

Anagrams

• acerb, caber, cabre, cabré

Italian

Alternative forms

• brage, bragia, bracia (archaic or regional)

Etymology

Perhaps from Gothic *???????????????????? (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *bras? (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *b?res- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with French braise (“embers”), Swedish brasa (“to roast”), Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”).Most probably cognate to Sanskrit ???? (bhrája, “fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bra.t??e/
• Hyphenation: brà?ce

Noun

brace f (plural braci)

1. (chiefly in the plural) embers

Derived terms

• braciaio
• braciaiola
• braciere
• bracino
• braciola

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French brace, from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium.

Alternative forms

• brase, braas, bras

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bra?s(?)/

Noun

brace (uncountable)

1. Vambrace; armour which protects the arm.
2. A cord or brace for fastening or attaching things to something.
3. A group or set of two dogs or canines.
4. Wood used as a buttress or support for building.
5. (rare) A support or buttress used in other applications.
6. (rare) A kind of riding equipment or horse tack.
7. (rare) A peninsula; a cape or slice of land jutting into the sea.
8. (rare) A perch (unit of measure)
9. (rare) A point of a cross or rood.

Derived terms

• bracen
• bracer
• brasyng
• rerebrace
• vambrace

Descendants

• English: brace
• Scots: brace

References

• “br?ce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.

Etymology 2

Verb

brace

1. Alternative form of bracen

Old French

Etymology

From Latin brachia, bracchia, originally the plural of bracchium.

Noun

brace f (oblique plural braces, nominative singular brace, nominative plural braces)

1. arm (limb)

Related terms

• bras

Descendants

• ? Middle English: brace, brase, braas, bras
  • English: brace
  • Scots: brace

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (brace)

Romanian

Alternative forms

• braci

Etymology

From Latin br?cae, plural of br?ca.

Noun

brace f pl (plural only)

1. (rare, Bukovina) underwear, undergarments, drawers, unmentionables

Declension

Synonyms

• indispensabili, chilo?i, izmene

Related terms

• îmbr?ca