Definitions for brave
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Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. bravenoun

   a North American Indian warrior

2. braveadjective

   people who are brave

   "the home of the free and the brave"

3. brave, courageousadjective

   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"

4. audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearingadjective

   invulnerable to fear or intimidation

   "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

5. brave, braw, gayverb

   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"

6. weather, endure, brave, brave outverb

   face and withstand with courage

   "She braved the elements"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bravenoun

   A Native American warrior.

2. braveverb

   To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy

3. braveverb

   To adorn; to make fine or showy.

   Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved. uE000112232uE001 Shakespeare.

4. braveadjective

   Strong in the face of fear; courageous.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Brave

   bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act

2. Brave

   having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous

3. Brave

   making a fine show or display

4. Bravenoun

   a brave person; one who is daring

5. Bravenoun

   specifically, an Indian warrior

6. Bravenoun

   a man daring beyond discretion; a bully

7. Bravenoun

   a challenge; a defiance; bravado

8. Braveverb

   to encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare

9. Braveverb

   to adorn; to make fine or showy

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brave

   Brave is the seventh studio album by Marillion, released in 1994. It charted at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart, being the last of the band's albums to reach the Top 10. Raw ranked Brave as one of the 20 greatest albums of 1994. In 2000 it was selected by Classic Rock as one of the "30 Best Albums of the 90s", and in 2003 as one of "Rock's 30 Greatest Concept Albums".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brave

   brāv, adj. daring, courageous: noble: finely dressed, showy, handsome (Scot. Braw): a general word for excellent, capital.—v.t. to meet boldly: to defy.—n. (obs.) a bully, a hired assassin: a brave soldier, esp. among the North American Indians: (arch.) bravado: (arch.) bravo.—adv. Brave′ly (Scot. Braw′ly), excellently, well.—n. Brav′ery, courage: heroism: finery, showy dress. [Fr. brave; It. and Sp. bravo; prob. from Celt., as in Bret. braga, to strut about, Gael. breagh, fine. See Brag.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. brave

   This word was not only used to express courage by our early seamen, but was also applied to strength; as, "we had a brave wind."

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. braveadjective

   Courageux au combat, devant un ennemi

   Submitted by davidb on June 21, 2021  

2. brave

   To have or display courage.

   She was brave when it came to bungee jumping and skydiving, she loved it.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 27, 2017  

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1. • Warrior

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'brave' in Adjectives Frequency: #661

How to pronounce brave?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brave in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of brave in a Sentence

1. Ronny Jackson:

   Here’s a solution: finish building the wall, fully reimplement the Remain in Mexico policy, and stop undermining our brave border patrol officers at every turn, president Trump’s successful approach to immigration gave us the most secure border in history, and Joe Biden started undoing that success on day one.

2. Tom Madders:

   To make matters worse, when young people take the brave step to reach out for help, it's far too difficult to get support, many parents tell us that their children couldn't access any mental health help until they were in crisis.

3. Mike Pence:

   The American people will always stand proudly with The American people brave heroes of ICE and the Border Patrol.

4. Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   If it's essential that the brave healthcare workers, grocery store workers, truck drivers and many other Americans continue to carefully show up for work, then it's essential that their U.S. senators carefully show up ourselves and support them.

5. Aristotle:

   Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way...you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

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