to brave

Examples

• All

• We were not willing to brave difficult travel, wilderness, or civil wars.

  Academic text (2000)

• I think we're good now to brave the supermarket.

• We are going to brave going into town on a Saturday.

• "One of us must brave that storm, if we're to get food."

  The Gold Rush (1925)

• Thank you everyone for braving the cold and the snow to be here.

  Lex Fridman

• - If you'll excuse me, gentlemen, I must try to brave this terrible city at night.

  The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

• But as the packbeasts continued to stand motionless, Cord decided to brave the outside conditions.

  Fiction book (2002)

• In the park, only a few solitary walkers now braved the cold.

  Fiction book (1994)

• With time growing short, we braved a cold headwind and walked back to the Spencers'.

  Fiction book (1997)

• My father braved booby-trapped marshes and the wrath of generals for his journalistic integrity.

  Cloud Atlas (2012)

Synonyms

E

to endure

vsto brave

304 3.5

To deal with something difficult for a long time without giving up

rely on courage to face danger rather than merely last through it

W

to weather

vsto brave

48 5.2

To stay strong until a difficult time ends

stress courage to face danger now rather than surviving over time

B

to brave out

vsto brave

6.7

To stay and face a difficult situation without showing fear

use courage to face danger rather than last through it

Antonyms

R

to retreat

235 4.0

To move back from a place or plan to avoid danger

S

to shrink from

7 5.1

Avoid doing something difficult or unpleasant because you are afraid

Idioms

B

brave as a lion

• Informal

1 4.2

Not afraid to do very dangerous or difficult things

Phrasal Verbs

B

to brave out

6.7

To stay and face a difficult situation without showing fear

How Brave

to dare

516 1.1

to brave

43 3.6

to venture

114 5.8

to risk

∞ 3.0

to hesitate

318 2.5

to shrink from

7 5.1

Surface Forms

Etymology