Sekirov Dictionary

brave

/bɹeɪv/

adjective 4
noun 3
verb 2
forms 7
phrases 3

adjective4

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ready to face danger or pain even when afraid
- For miserie doth brauest mindes abate, / And make them seeke for that they wont to scorne, / Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne. — 1578
(UK, euphemistic) Foolish or unwise.
•
Making a fine show or display.
- Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde, Their swords enameld, and about their neckes Hangs massie chaines of golde downe to the waste, In euery part exceding braue and rich. — 1587
•
(no longer used) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.
- Is it not passing braue to be a King, And ride in triumph through Persepolis? — 1587

noun3

(old-fashioned) A Native American warrior.
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(no longer used) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
- Hot Braves, like thee, may fight; but know not well / To manage this, the last great Stake of Hell. — 1674
•
(no longer used) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
- Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; / And so in this, to bear me down with braves. — 1588

verb2

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To encounter or withstand with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.
- After braving tricks on the high-dive, he braved a jump off the first diving platform.
- He braved the storm and spent the night outside. In the morning, he braved his parents' wrath.
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(no longer used) To adorn; to make fine or showy.
- Face not me. Thou hast braved many men; brave not me. I will neither be faced nor braved. — 1590

forms

braved · braving · braves · braver · more brave · bravest · most brave

Phrases with brave

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