venture
nounEtymology
Clipping of adventure.
Definitions
A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- My heart was beating finely when we two set forth in the cold night upon this dangerous venture.
An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
- A certain man drew a bow at a venture and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness.
The thing risked
The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
- My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
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To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- who freights a ship to venture on the seas
- A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: […]
To risk or offer.
- to venture funds
- to venture a guess
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
To dare to engage in
To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
To put or send on a venture or chance.
- to venture a horse to the West Indies
To confide in
To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse.
To say something
To say something; to offer an opinion.
- “Unctuous is probably quite a good description, but there's a sweetness, too, and a mouthfeel,” ventures Heston Blumenthal, chef at the Fat Duck at Bray.
The neighborhood
- neighborventuresome
- neighborventurous
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at venture. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at venture. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at venture
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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