brave
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,161 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 15,867 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching also: courageous Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daringa frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain
- invulnerable to fear or intimidation also: audacious, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing audacious explorersfearless reporters and photographers
- brightly colored and showy also: braw, gay girls decked out in brave new dressesbrave banners flying
verb
- face and withstand with courage also: weather, endure, brave out She braved the elements
noun
- a North American Indian warrior
- people who are brave the home of the free and the brave
brave in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It was a brave conception; it was the offspring of a most ingenious brain.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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Nor brave the inventions that serve to replace The openness of valor while dismantling the grace.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Brave woman! you have done your people and mine a service which can neither be weighed nor measured.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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And so Tom hurt his head; but he was a brave boy, and did not mind that a penny.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1