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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She braved it for a moment or two with an eye full of love and stubbornness, and murmured a phrase or two vaguely of Gen.
Thus spoke the brave who was born and reared in the wigwams of the tribe of the Manhattans.
“A brave heart and a courteous tongue,” said he.
All the other animals in the forest naturally expect me to be brave, for the Lion is everywhere thought to be the King of Beasts.
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