brave
/bɹeɪv/ verb C2- To encounter or withstand with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke. · After braving tricks on the high-dive, he braved a jump off the first diving platform.· He braved the storm and spent the night outside. In the morning, he braved his parents' wrath.
He/she/it braves · Past braved · Past participle braved · -ing form braving
Verb forms
- Base form
- brave
- He/she/it
- braves
- Past
- braved
- Past participle
- braved
- -ing form
- braving
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“If Oz had taken a dose of the same courage he gave me,” added the Lion, “he would have been a brave man.”
“For my part, I am content in knowing I am as brave as any beast that ever lived, if not braver,” said the Lion modestly.
He was a brave and an honest man.”
The Winkies were not a brave people, but they had to do as they were told.
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