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brave
A	noun
	1	brave
			people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚people ╚brave
	2	brave
			a North American Indian warrior
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚warrior ╚brave
B	verb
	1	weather, endure, brave, brave out
			face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements"
		Category Tree: fight; struggle ╚fight; oppose; fight back; fight down; defend ╚resist; hold out; withstand; stand firm ╚defy; withstand; hold; hold up ╚weather, endure, brave, brave out
C	adjective
	1	audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, unfearing
			invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

	2	brave, courageous, fearless
			possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set

	3	brave, braw, gay
			brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage"

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