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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
brave
adj 1: possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal
with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with
danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman
Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over
pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by
leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory"
[syn: brave, courageous] [ant: cowardly, fearful]
2: invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers";
"fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"
[syn: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy,
intrepid, unfearing]
3: brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new
dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish
word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay
plumage" [syn: brave, braw, gay]
n 1: a North American Indian warrior
2: people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave"
[ant: cautious, timid]
v 1: face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements"
[syn: weather, endure, brave, brave out]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Brave \Brave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Braved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Braving.]
1. To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at
defiance; to defy; to dare.
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These I can brave, but those I can not bear.
--Dryden.
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2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.]
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Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast
braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced
or braved. --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Brave \Brave\, n.
1. A brave person; one who is daring.
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The star-spangled banner, O,long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
--F. S. Key.
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2. Specifically, an Indian warrior.
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3. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
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Hot braves like thee may fight. --Dryden.
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4. A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [Obs.]
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Demetrius, thou dost overween in all;
And so in this, to bear me down with braves. --Shak.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Brave \Brave\, a. [Compar. Braver; superl. Bravest.] [F.
brave, It. or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, prob.
from. L. barbarus. See Barbarous, and cf. Bravo.]
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1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to
cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
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2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; --
especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as
applied to material things.]
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Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.
--Bacon.
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It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.
--Pepys.
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3. Making a fine show or display. [Archaic]
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Wear my dagger with the braver grace. --Shak.
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For I have gold, and therefore will be brave.
In silks I'll rattle it of every color. --Robert
Greene.
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Frog and lizard in holiday coats
And turtle brave in his golden spots. --Emerson.
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Syn: Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold;
heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous;
high-spirited; stout-hearted. See Gallant.
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Thesaurus Results for brave:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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