Brave

a.	1.
	1.	Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; - opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
	2.	Having any sort of superiority or excellence; - especially such as in conspicuous. Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. - Bacon. It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. - Pepys.
	3.	Making a fine show or display. Wear my dagger with the braver grace. - Shak. For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In silks I'll rattle it of every color. - Robert Greene. Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in his golden spots. - Emerson.
n.	1.	A brave person; one who is daring. 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.
	2.	Specifically, an Indian warrior.
	3.	A man daring beyond discretion; a bully. Hot braves like thee may fight. - Dryden.
	4.	A challenge; a defiance; bravado. Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; And so in this, to bear me down with braves. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare. [imp. & p. p. Braved ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Braving.] These I can brave, but those I can not bear. - Dryden.
	2.	To adorn; to make fine or showy. Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved. - Shak.

Noun	1.	brave - a North American Indian warrior
	2.	brave - people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave" Antonyms: cautious, timid - people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"
Verb	1.	brave - face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements" Synonyms: brave out, weather, endure
Adj.	1.	brave - 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" Synonyms: courageous, fearless Antonyms: cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
	2.	brave - invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" Synonyms: audacious, dauntless, intrepid, unfearing, fearless
	3.	brave - 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" Synonyms: braw, gay

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