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say it: brayv
brave is an adjective, noun and verb meaning "possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching". It carries 6 recorded senses.
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”
“a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain”
“set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory”
a North American Indian warrior
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for brave come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.