bold
A dwelling; habitation; buildingA dwelling; habitation; building.
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Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)A dwelling; habitation; building.
- a typeface with thick heavy lines
Examples
100 sentencesTom is quite bold.
Том доволі хоробрий. — deniko
People say that Tom is bold.
That was a very bold move.
We need somebody with bold new ideas.
What a bold thing to do!
Origin
From Middle English bold, from Old English bold, blod, bolt, botl (“house, dwelling-place,From Middle English bold, from Old English bold, blod, bolt, botl (“house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple”), from Proto-Germanic *budlą, *buþlą (“house, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to grow, wax, swell”) or *bʰuH-.
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Forms
plural: boldsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a typeface with thick heavy lines:boldfacebold face
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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