brave

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}]
    

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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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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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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258 Moby Thesaurus words for "brave":
      Achilles, Amazon, David, Hector, Roland, Samson, a man, abide,
      abide with, advantageous, affront, air serviceman, 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,
      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, 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, ruin,
      run the chance, run the gauntlet, run the risk, sabotage, 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