Contextualizebeta

brave

adj
/bɹeɪv/US/bɹæɪv/

Etymology

From Middle French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo, itself of uncertain origin (see there). Doublet of bravo.

  1. derived from bravo
  2. borrowed from brave

Definitions

  1. Strong in the face of fear

    Strong in the face of fear; courageous.

    • For miſerie doth braueſt mindes abate, / And make them ſeeke for that they wont to ſcorne, / Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne.
    • Do not fret, dear. You must be brave and strong, and help me through the horrible task. If you only knew what an effort it is to me to tell of this fearful thing at all, you would understand how much I need your help.
    • […]he has been so brave, giving it all a dignity.

  2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence.

    • Is it not paſſing braue to be a King, And ride in triumph through Perſepolis?
    • Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.
    • It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.

  3. 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.
    • Wear my dagger with the braver grace.
    • For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. / In silks I'll rattle it of every color.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. Foolish or unwise.

    2. A Native American warrior.

    3. A man daring beyond discretion

      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.

    4. A challenge

      A challenge; a defiance; bravado.

      • Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; / And so in this, to bear me down with braves.

    5. To encounter or withstand with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.

      • For Cassius is aweary of the world; Hated by one he loves; braved by his brother; Checked like a bondman; all his faults observed, Set in a notebook, learned, and conned by rote, To cast into my teeth.
      • The ills of Love, not those of Fate, I fear, These I can brave, but those I cannot bear […]
      • […] but they [Parliament] never will be braved into it.

    6. To adorn

      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.

    7. A surname.

    8. A census-designated place in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.

The neighborhood

Derived

brave as a lion, braveheart, bravehood, bravely, braven, braveness, brave new world, bravesome, bravity, embrave, fortune favors the brave, fortune favours the brave, overbrave, put a brave face on, put on a brave face, stunning and brave, superbrave, unbrave, brave out, braver, outbrave

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at brave. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01brave02superiority03superior04courageously05boldly06bold07daring08doughty

A definitional loop anchored at brave. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at brave

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA