'Brave' definitions:

Definition of 'brave'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: brave, courageous] [ant: cowardly, fearful]
adjective
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" [syn: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing]
adjective
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" [syn: brave, braw, gay]
noun
A North American Indian warrior
noun
People who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave" [ant: cautious, timid]
verb
Face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements" [syn: weather, endure, brave, brave out]

Definition of 'Brave'

From: GCIDE
  • Brave \Brave\, n.
  • 1. A brave person; one who is daring. [1913 Webster]
  • The star-spangled banner, O,long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. --F. S. Key. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Specifically, an Indian warrior. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully. [1913 Webster]
  • Hot braves like thee may fight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; And so in this, to bear me down with braves. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Brave'

From: GCIDE
  • Brave \Brave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Braved; p. pr. & vb. n. Braving.]
  • 1. To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare. [1913 Webster]
  • These I can brave, but those I can not bear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Brave'

From: GCIDE
  • Brave \Brave\, a. [Compar. Braver; superl. Bravest.] [F. brave, It. or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See Barbarous, and cf. Bravo.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.] [1913 Webster]
  • Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. --Pepys. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Making a fine show or display. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • Wear my dagger with the braver grace. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In silks I'll rattle it of every color. --Robert Greene. [1913 Webster]
  • Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in his golden spots. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold; heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous; high-spirited; stout-hearted. See Gallant. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'brave'

From: Moby Thesaurus