Crossword clues for braving
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brave \Brave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Braved; p. pr. & vb. n. Braving.]
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To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.
These I can brave, but those I can not bear.
--Dryden. -
To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.]
Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved.
--Shak.
Braving \Brav"ing\, n. A bravado; a boast.
With so proud a strain
Of threats and bravings.
--Chapman.
Wiktionary
n. A bravado; a boast. vb. (present participle of brave English)
WordNet
n. taking the bull by the horns [syn: confronting, coping with, grappling, tackling]
Usage examples of "braving".
Without hesitation the whole Boer force, now some 2500 strong, galloped at full speed in open order through the Nek, braving the long range fire of riflemen and guns.
It might have been any year and they could have been anybody braving the weather for any number of reasons.
John braving the North Atlantic in winter, and the very real possibility of his capture at sea, horrified her.
Parisians still frequently left their own chill quarters, braving the even colder and danker outdoors, to flock to the theatres and indoor circuses.
John braving the North Atlantic in winter, and the very real possibility of his capture at sea, horrified her.
Deeds of heroism are wrought here more than those of romance, when defying torture, and braving death itself, the fugitive voluntarily threads his way back to the terrors and perils of that dark land, that he may bring out his sister, or mother, or wife.
She could discern little movement in Milo's chest, so there appeared to be no good reason for braving the killer-stallion's wrath.