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

1. brave(noun)

   a North American Indian warrior

2. brave(adj)

   people who are brave

   "the home of the free and the brave"

3. brave, courageous(adj)

   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, unfearing(adj)

   invulnerable to fear or intimidation

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

5. brave, braw, gay(verb)

   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 out(verb)

   face and withstand with courage

   "She braved the elements"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brave(Noun)

   A Native American warrior.

2. brave(Verb)

   To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy

3. brave(Verb)

   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. brave(Adjective)

   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. Brave(noun)

   a brave person; one who is daring

5. Brave(noun)

   specifically, an Indian warrior

6. Brave(noun)

   a man daring beyond discretion; a bully

7. Brave(noun)

   a challenge; a defiance; bravado

8. Brave(verb)

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

9. Brave(verb)

   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. 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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British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

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

How to pronounce brave?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say brave in sign language?

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. Douglas Adams:

   In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

2. Panchatantra:

   Only the Brave succeed in life.

3. Xiaolin Hou:

   She's smart, she's brave, she's optimistic, she's the best girl I ever met.

4. Matshona Dhliwayo:

   Cowards don’t make history, brave people do.

5. Michael Howard, The Observer (1980):

   The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it.

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