bold

adjective8

1. •
   willing to face danger or do difficult things without fear

   • Bold deeds win admiration and, sometimes, medals.
2. •
   Visually striking; conspicuous.
3. •
   Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.

   • Many bold fonts are available on this computer.
   • In HTML, wrapping text in <b> and </b> tags produces bold text.
4. •
   Presumptuous, forward or impudent.

   • […] even the boldest and most affirmative Philosophy, which has ever attempted to impose its crude Dictates and Principles on Mankind. — 1748
5. •
   (Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.

   • All of her children are terribly bold and never do as they are told.
6. •
   Full-bodied.
7. •
   Steep or abrupt.
8. •
   (Philippines, euphemistic) Pornographic; depicting nudity.

   • The government warned bus operators against continuing to show bold content on buses.

verb3

1. •
   (informal) To make (a font or some text) bold.

   • Please bold all these subheads.
2. •
   (no longer used) To make bold or daring.

   • […] for this busines, It touches vs, as France inuades our land Not bolds the King, with others whome I feare, Most iust and heauy causes make oppose. — 1603
3. •
   (no longer used) To become bold or brave.

noun1

1. •
   (no longer used) A dwelling; habitation; building.

adjective1

1. •
   Acronym of blood-oxygen-level dependent.