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BRAVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
People who are brave
Example:
the home of the free and the brave
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("brave" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
Antonym:
timid (people who are fearful and cautious)
Derivation:
brave (face and withstand with courage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A North American Indian warrior
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("brave" is a kind of...):
warrior (someone engaged in or experienced in warfare)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Example:
intrepid pioneers
Synonyms:
audacious; brave; dauntless; fearless; hardy; intrepid; unfearing
Classified under:
Similar:
bold (fearless and daring)
Derivation:
braveness (a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
Example:
set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory
Synonyms:
brave; courageous
Classified under:
Similar:
valiant; valorous (having or showing valor)
undaunted (resolutely courageous)
stalwart; stouthearted (used especially of persons)
lionhearted (extraordinarily courageous)
game; gamey; gamy; gritty; mettlesome; spirited; spunky (willing to face danger)
gallant (unflinching in battle or action)
desperate; heroic (showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort)
Also:
bold (fearless and daring)
fearless; unafraid (oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them)
adventuresome; adventurous (willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises)
resolute (firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination)
Attribute:
braveness; bravery; courage; courageousness (a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear)
Antonym:
cowardly (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)
Derivation:
braveness (a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Brightly colored and showy
Example:
birds with gay plumage
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
colorful; colourful (striking in variety and interest)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they brave ... he / she / it braves
Past simple: braved
Past participle: braved
-ing form: braving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Face and withstand with courage
Example:
She braved the elements
Synonyms:
brave; brave out; endure; weather
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "brave" is one way to...):
defy; hold; hold up; withstand (resist or confront with resistance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
brave (people who are brave)
Context examples:
The brave fellows whom I have persuaded to be my companions look towards me for aid, but I have none to bestow.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“Yes! That's just his character,” said I. “He's as brave as a lion, and you can't think how frank he is, Mr. Peggotty.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
With all my heart, if you will be a brave St. Martin, stopping as you ride gallantly through the world to share your cloak with the beggar.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He said nothing at the moment, but turned to me, saying: Now take down our brave young lover, give him of the port wine, and let him lie down a while.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I don't think that I am a particularly brave man.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There is something brave in your spirit, as well as penetrating in your eye; but allow me to assure you that you partially misinterpret my emotions.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
But, however, triumph there certainly will be, and I must brave it.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
They are afraid of this Ghost Dog, for it has cunning greater than they, stealing from their camps in fierce winters, robbing their traps, slaying their dogs, and defying their bravest hunters.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
He is a brave fellow.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
But I endeavoured to divert him from this design, by many arguments drawn from the topics of policy as well as justice; and I plainly protested, that I would never be an instrument of bringing a free and brave people into slavery.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
