Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Fearless and daring; courageous.
- adjective Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring: synonym: brave.
- adjective Unduly forward and brazen; impudent.
- adjective Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative.
- adjective Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous.
- adjective Strong or pronounced; prominent.
- adjective Steep or abrupt in grade or terrain.
- adjective Printing Boldface.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make bold; embolden; encourage.
- To become bold.
- Daring; courageous; brave; intrepid; fearless: applied to men or animals: as, bold as a lion.
- Requiring or exhibiting courage; planned or executed with courage and spirit: as, a bold enterprise.
- Confident; trusting; assured.
- Forward; impudent; audacious: as, a bold huzzy.
- Overstepping usual bounds; presuming upon sympathy or forbearance; showing liberty or license, as in style or expression: as, a bold metaphor.
- Standing out to view; striking to the eye; markedly conspicuous; prominent: as, a bold headland; a bold handwriting.
- Steep; abrupt: as, a bold shore (one that enters the water almost perpendicularly).
- Deep, as water, close to the shore; navigable very near to the land.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To make bold or daring.
- intransitive verb obsolete To be or become bold.
- adjective Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
- adjective Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.
- adjective In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.
- adjective Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression.
- adjective Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.
- adjective Steep; abrupt; prominent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
dwelling ;habitation ;building . - adjective
Courageous ,daring . - adjective having thicker
strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface - adjective
presumptuous . - verb transitive To make (a font or some text) bold.
- verb obsolete To be or become bold.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective clear and distinct
- noun a typeface with thick heavy lines
- adjective very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
- adjective fearless and daring
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Text enclosed by asterisks was in bold face in the original (* bold*).
The Planet Strappers Raymond Z. Gallun 1952
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Text enclosed between tilde characters was in bold face in the original book (~this text is bold~).
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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He applied in public things the Spenserian line, '_Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold_,' but neither did he forget the iron door with its admonition, '_Be not too bold_.'
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 John Morley 1880
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Text enclosed between tilde characters was in bold face in the original (~bold face~).
The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. D. A. Compton 1846
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The section mentions several migratory statuses without specifically including or excluding inmigrado (emphasis in bold is mine).
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The section mentions several migratory statuses without specifically including or excluding inmigrado (emphasis in bold is mine).
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Right there in bold is the issue with your thinking … Israel has been provoking them for 60 years straight.
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(The "unsigned" in bold is a little confusing when you're scanning the list, but it just refers to the original price of the books.)
January 18th, 2005 2005
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Make the title bold and in some color other than the default black.
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In an emailed statement, Spain's Telefónica SA expressed support for the proposal, which it called a "bold political move to find a long-term structural solution to inject more competition" before "price regulation can be lifted in the coming future."
EU Cracks Down on Roaming Charges Frances Robinson 2011
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