Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)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.

    trotzen

    face and withstand with courage

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To adorn; to make fine or showy.

Examples

493 sentences
  1. Tom is trying to be brave.

    Том намагається бути хоробрим. — bicolino34

    ruТом пытается быть храбрым. — odexed

  2. I'm not as brave as Tom.

    Я не такий хоробрий, як Том. — deniko

    ruЯ не такой храбрый, как Том. — marafon

    deIch bin nicht so mutig wie Tom. — raggione

  3. I don't think Tom is brave.

    Не думаю, що Том хоробрий. — deniko

  4. I know that Tom is brave.

    Я знаю, що Том хоробрий. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что Том храбрый. — marafon

  5. Tom is a very brave man.

    Том дуже хоробра людина. — deniko

    deTom ist ein sehr tapferer Mann. — wolfgangth

Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to encounter with courage:

Origin

From Middle French braver, from brave.

From Middle French braver, from brave.

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Forms

braves, braving, braved, braved
Base formbrave · to brave
3rd person singularbraves
Present participlebraving
Past simplebraved
Past participlebraved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybrave
he, she, itbraves

Past simpleLesson

all personsbraved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave braved
he, she, ithas braved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill brave

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is a brave
  • a brave person
  • a brave man
  • was very brave
  • as brave as
  • brave person
  • brave man
  • were as brave
  • a very brave
  • brave enough to
  • brave soldier
  • to be brave

See also

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