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    [Adjective]  | "brave" | \ ˈbrāv \


    1: having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage

    2: making a fine show : colorful

    3: excellent, splendid


    Origin: 1568 ;

     Borrowed from Middle French, borrowed from Italian bravo "courageous, wild," perhaps ultimately going back to Latin barbarus {see: |barbarous|barbarous};

    [Verb]  | "brave" 


    1: to face or endure with courage

    2: to make showy

    3: to show courage : to make a brave show


    Origin: 1590 ;

     Borrowed from Middle French braver "to challenge, flout," verbal derivative of brave {see: |brave:1|brave:1};

    [Noun]  | "brave" 


    1: one with mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : one who is brave; specifically : an American Indian warrior

    2: bravado

    3: bully, assassin


    Origin: 1590 ;

     Noun derivative of {see: |brave:1|brave:1};

    [Noun]  | "brave new world" 


    1: a future world, situation, or development; also : a recent development or recently changed situation


    Origin: 1933 ;

     From the dystopian novel Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley;

    [Noun]  | "the brave" 


    1: brave people

    [Idiom]  | "brave the elements" 


    1: to go out in bad weather

    [Idiom]  | "put on a brave face" 


    1: to try to appear brave or calm

    [Idiom]  | "put up a good/brave front" 


    1: to hide one's true feelings, thoughts, etc.

    [Adjective]  | "brave" 


    1: feeling or displaying no fear by temperament;


      * e.g., " ... despite considerable risk to their own safety, the brave team of rescuers rushed into the collapsed building "





    2: of the very best kind;


      * e.g., " ... the gourmet food shop is off to a brave start "





    [Verb]  | "brave" 


    1: to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage;


      * e.g., " ... a soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue her wounded comrade "





     [ "brave" ]

    1: To be able to look at your biggest fear and face it in the eye. There are many definitions and many examples. WWhatt may be a challenge to one individual is unimpressive and easily overcome by another.

      * e.g.,  ... A typical example of bravery is facing down an enemy in battle or facing death in the eye in another for or fashion. 

     [ "brave" ]

    1: A cancer survivor, occasionally used as an insult.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow, Lucy is so brave, she is cancer free as of today! 

     [ "brave" ]

    1: 'brave' is rumoured to have many origins. Some say it originates of the words 'bastard' and 'rave' whilst others believe in a a more complicated constellation consisting the words 'bastard', 'radical' and 'safe'. Either way the common use and interpretation of the two meanings does not differ too much in everyday life. It is an expression to highlight someone's high social value in community adding this extra bit of hidden meaning for people familiar with this expression. It can be used as an adjective or an adverb. In some cases it might even be used as a noun.

      * e.g.,  ... -'Brave, mate?' 

     [ "brave" ]

    1: Adj.: Very cool; like 'tight' or 'awesome'

      * e.g.,  ... "Damn, that's brave"; "That shit was brave" 

     [ "brave" ]

    1: being brave is being able to overcome a fear. It could be anything for different people. A person could be scared of heights, and they want to overcome it that would be a brave move for them. A wanna be thug could have a fear of standing up to a real thug who takes his money from him so getting a gun and shooting him is the answer. A person might feel brave by winning a street race. It depends on a person's fears.

      * e.g.,  ... He was brave the way she talked to the hottest girl in the club 

     [ "brave" ]

    1: To come out in support for something only after a majority of others are in support for that same thing.

      * e.g.,  ... Barack Obama was brave to come out for gay marriage. 

     [ "brave" ]

    1: An old slang term for a Native American, now considered derogatory.

      * e.g.,  ... The controversy concerning the name of the baseball team, Atlanta Braves, is nither new to sports nor politics in sports. 

     [ "brave" ]

    1: to leave a party at 9pm

      * e.g.,  ... GUYS GUYS LET GO HOME TEH TAXI IS HERE (when the party has only been on for 5minutes" - very brave 


     [ "brave" ]

    2: take on 50 mengz


     [ "brave" ]

    3: streak of red thru hair

     [ "Bravee" ]

    1: is a sweet, kind lovely man. who can always make you smile. he always finds time in his day to talk to you. he makes you feel special. he may flirt with other girls, but he always lets you know he has you on his mind, and your the only girl for him. He will treat you like your a queen. he comes with funny and sweet nicknames, even though sometimes there corny. You will fall in love with him, very soon after meeting him. He has many friends who you get along with, and he gets along with your friends amazingly well. He will always help you when something is wrong, He will always put you first. he always tells you when hes busy, and cant talk very much but will always quit any job if it means making you happy . He always tells you he loves you. He never gets mad at you with out a reason. He can make anything in to a joke. He is the bestest person in the world, if you can find YOU A BRAVEE Appreciate him or he will look for someone who will

      * e.g.,  ... is a sweet, kind lovely man. who can always make you smile. he always finds time in his day to talk to you. he makes you feel special. he may flirt with other girls, but he always lets you know he has you on his mind, and your the only girl for him. He will treat you like your a queen. he comes us with funny and sweet nicknames, even though sometimes there corny. You will fall in love with him, very soon after meeting him. He has many friends who you get along with, and he gets along with your friends amazingly well. He will always help you when something is wrong, he will talk to you when you just want someone to talk to. He will always put you first. he always tells you when hes busy, and cant talk very much. He always tells you he loves you. he can always make you smile. He never gets mad at you. He can make anything in to a joke. He is the bestest person in the world. and Hes yours, if you can find him. 

     [ "braves" ]

    1: The best baseball team since 1991, in which they went from worst to first. They also have 14 straight pennants, in which they won the national league pennant 5 times, and a world series in 199 and the best manager in the game Bobby Cox. One thing that makes them better than other teams is that they raise their players through their farm system unlike New York teams. Mets fans are

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, what's with all these fat mets fans in our stadium. This is Atlanta, not New York. Maybe they'll shut up after the Braves win... 


     [ "braves" ]

    2: often jealous because the braves kick their asses every year, so they come into turner field chanting: "let's go mets!" That's possibly the gayest cheer in sports. If you want to know how much the mets suck, they just lost the NL east pennant even though they were 7 games in front with 17 to go at one point.

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