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Brave Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Brave?
[n] people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave"
[n] a North American Indian warrior [adj] invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" [adj] 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" [adj] 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" [v] face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements" Synonyms | Synonyms for Brave: audacious | bold | brave out | braw | colorful | courageous | dauntless | desperate | endure | fearless | gallant | game | gamey | gamy | gay | gritty | heroic | intrepid | lionhearted | mettlesome | spirited | spunky | stalwart | stouthearted | undaunted | unfearing | valiant | valorous | weather Related Terms | Find terms related to Brave: a man | abide | abide with | Achilles | advantageous | affront | air serviceman | Amazon | audacious | aweless | baffle | balk | banter | bear | bear with | beard | bell the cat | beneficial | bid defiance | bide | bite the bullet | blast | bold | bold-spirited | bravura | braw | brazen | brazen out | breast | bright | bring before | bring forward | bring up | brook | bulldog | call out | cannon fodder | challenge | chance | checkmate | chichi | chivalric | chivalrous | chutzpanik | circumvent | colorful | colory | confident | confound | confront | confront with | contravene | counter | counteract | countermand | counterwork | courageous | court destruction | cross | dare | daring | dash | dashing | dauntless | David | decorated hero | defeat | defiant | defy | defy danger | demigod | demigoddess | destroy | discomfit | disconcert | discountenance | dish | disrupt | double-dare | doughty | dressy | elude | encounter | endure | envisage | exhibitionistic | face | face out | face the music | face up | face up to | face with | favorable | favoring | fearless | fighting cock | fighting man | fine | flashing | flashy | flaunting | flummox | foil | food for powder | forget the odds | frilly | front | frothy | frustrate | gallant | gamble | game | gamecock | gay | glittering | good soldier | grand | greathearted | gritty | gutsy | halberdier | handsome | hang in | hang in there | hang tough | hardy | hazard | Hector | helpful | hero | heroic | heroine | herolike | hoplite | indomitable | intrepid | ironhearted | jaunty | jazzy | knightlike | knightly | knock the chocks | lay before | legionary | lion | lionhearted | lump | lump it | macho | man of courage | man-at-arms | manful | manly | meet | meet boldly | meet head-on | meet squarely | mettlesome | military man | navy man | noble | nonplus | outdare | outface | paladin | perplex | persevere | pikeman | place before | play with fire | plucky | present to | propitious | put it to | put up with | rakish | resolute | rifle | rifleman | risk | Roland | ruin | run the chance | run the gauntlet | run the risk | sabotage | Samson | scotch | scream defiance | serviceman | set at defiance | set before | show fight | showy | smart | snazzy | soldier | soldierlike | soldierly | speak out | speak up | spearman | spectacular | spike | spirited | splashy | splendid | splurgy | spoil | sporty | spunky | stalwart | stand | stand for | stand up to | stare down | staunch | steadfast | stem | stick | stonewall | stout | stouthearted | stump | suffer | support | sustain | take a chance | take chances | take up with | tempt Providence | the brave | thwart | tiger | tolerate | toward | unafraid | unapprehensive | unblenching | undaunted | undismayed | unfearful | unfearing | unflinching | unfrightened | unshrinking | unswerving | unyielding | upset | useful | valiant | valiant knight | valorous | venture | venturesome | vivid | warrior | warrioress See Also | adventuresome | adventurous | defy | hold | hold up | people | resolute | unafraid(p) | warrior | withstand Brave In Webster's Dictionary \Brave\ (br[=a]v), a. [Compar. {Braver}; superl.
{Bravest}.] [F. brave, It. or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce,
wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See {Barbarous}, and
cf. {Bravo}.]
1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to
{cowardly}; as, a brave man; a brave act.
2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; --
especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as
applied to material things.]
Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.
--Bacon.
It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.
--Pepys.
3. Making a fine show or display. [Archaic]
Wear my dagger with the braver grace. --Shak.
For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In
silks I'll rattle it of every color. --Robert
Greene.
Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in
his golden spots. --Emerson.
Syn: Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold;
heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous;
high-spirited; stout-hearted. See {Gallant}.
\Brave\, n. 1. A brave person; one who is daring. 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. 2. Specifically, an Indian warrior. 3. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully. Hot braves like thee may fight. --Dryden. 4. A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [Obs.] Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; And so in this, to bear me down with braves. --Shak. \Brave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Braved} (br[=a]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Braving}.] 1. To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare. These I can brave, but those I can not bear. --Dryden. 2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.] 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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