unbrace

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UK/ʌnˈbɹeɪs/

verb

To undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen.

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Meanings

verbunbrace (third-person singular simple present unbraces, present participle unbracing, simple past and past participle unbraced)

present singular third person unbraces · participle present unbracing · participle past unbraced · past unbraced

  1. transitiveTo undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen.

    The knight emboyling in his haughtie hart, / Knit all his forces, and gan soone vnbrace / His grasping hold [...].

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

verbundo the ties of

Similar
untieunlace
Broader
undo
Also see
unlaceuntie

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From un- + brace.

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Cite this entry
APA

unbrace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbrace

MLA

“unbrace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbrace. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbrace,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbrace.

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