| slovo | definícia |
bold
(mass) | bold
- drzý, nebojácny, odvážny, smelý, statočný, výrazný, tučný,
strmý |
bold
(encz) | bold,drzý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bold
(encz) | bold,nebojácný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bold
(encz) | bold,odvážný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bold
(encz) | bold,smělý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bold
(encz) | bold,statečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bold
(encz) | bold,strmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bold
(encz) | bold,tučný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bold
(encz) | bold,výrazný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bold
(encz) | bold,zřetelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Bold
(gcide) | Bold \Bold\ (b[=o]ld), a. [OE. bald, bold, AS. bald, beald; akin
to Icel. ballr, OHG. bald, MHG. balt, D. boud, Goth.
bal[thorn]ei boldness, It. baldo. In Ger. there remains only
bald, adv. soon. Cf. Bawd, n.]
1. Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous
or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
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Throngs of knights and barons bold. --Milton.
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2. Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger;
planned with courage; daring; vigorous. "The bold design
leased highly." --Milton.
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3. In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over
assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or
restraint; rude; impudent.
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Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice.
--Shak.
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4. Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules,
as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in
composition or expression; as, the figures of an author
are bold. "Bold tales." --Waller.
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The cathedral church is a very bold work. --Addison.
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5. Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous;
striking the eye; in high relief.
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Shadows in painting . . . make the figure bolder.
--Dryden.
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6. Steep; abrupt; prominent.
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Where the bold cape its warning forehead rears.
--Trumbull.
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Bold
(gcide) | Bold \Bold\, v. t.
To make bold or daring. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Bold
(gcide) | Bold \Bold\, v. i.
To be or become bold. [Obs.]
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bold
(wn) | bold
adj 1: fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign
shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure" [ant:
timid]
2: clear and distinct; "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in
bold relief"; "a bold design"
3: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a
bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England
rise"; "a sheer descent of rock" [syn: bluff, bold,
sheer]
n 1: a typeface with thick heavy lines [syn: boldface, {bold
face}, bold] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
bold
(mass) | bold
- drzý, nebojácny, odvážny, smelý, statočný, výrazný, tučný,
strmý |
bolder
(mass) | bolder
- smelší |
boldly
(mass) | boldly
- výrazne |
boldness
(mass) | boldness
- smelosť |
kobold
(mass) | kobold
- škriatok |
as bold as brass
(encz) | as bold as brass,drzý jako opice |
bold
(encz) | bold,drzý adj: Zdeněk Brožbold,nebojácný adj: Zdeněk Brožbold,odvážný adj: Zdeněk Brožbold,smělý adj: Zdeněk Brožbold,statečný adj: Zdeněk Brožbold,strmý adj: Zdeněk Brožbold,tučný adj: Zdeněk Brožbold,výrazný adj: Zdeněk Brožbold,zřetelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bold flame
(encz) | bold flame,vysoký plamen |
bold-faced
(encz) | bold-faced,drzý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bolder
(encz) | bolder,tučnější tisk Zdeněk Brož |
boldest
(encz) | boldest,nejtroufalejší adj: Zdeněk Brožboldest,nejvýraznější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
boldface
(encz) | boldface,tučné písmo Zdeněk Brož |
boldfaced
(encz) | boldfaced,drzý adj: Zdeněk Brožboldfaced,nestoudný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
boldly
(encz) | boldly,odvážně adv: Zdeněk Brožboldly,troufale adv: Zdeněk Brožboldly,výrazně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
boldness
(encz) | boldness,drzost n: Pinoboldness,odvaha n: Pinoboldness,odvážlivost n: Zdeněk Brožboldness,opovážlivost n: Jana Matějkováboldness,smělost n: Zdeněk Brož |
diebold
(encz) | Diebold,Diebold n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
embolden
(encz) | embolden,povzbudit v: Zdeněk Brožembolden,ztučnit v: font, písmo Pinoembolden,zvýraznit v: ztučněním Pino |
emboldened
(encz) | emboldened, adj: |
humboldt
(encz) | Humboldt,okres v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
kobold
(encz) | kobold,skřítek n: Zdeněk Brožkobold,šotek n: Zdeněk Brož |
make bold
(encz) | make bold,troufat si Zdeněk Brož |
newbold
(encz) | Newbold,Newbold n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
overbold
(encz) | overbold, |
with boldness
(encz) | with boldness, adv: |
diebold
(czen) | Diebold,Dieboldn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
newbold
(czen) | Newbold,Newboldn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Balaena Sieboldii
(gcide) | Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zool.)
(a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Balaena
mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
obtained.
(b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica),
and the Pacific right whale (Balaena Sieboldii); a bone
whale.
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Pygmy right whale (Zool.), a small New Zealand whale
(Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet
long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough,
whalebone.
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bold eagle
(gcide) | Wedge-tailed \Wedge"-tailed"\, a. (Zool.)
Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest,
the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or
less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of
Wood hoopoe, under Wood.
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Wedge-tailed eagle, an Australian eagle (Aquila audax)
which feeds on various small species of kangaroos, and on
lambs; -- called also mountain eagle, bold eagle, and
eagle hawk.
Wedge-tailed gull, an arctic gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in
which the plumage is tinged with rose; -- called also
Ross's gull.
[1913 Webster]Bold eagle \Bold eagle\, (Zool.)
an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs
and even the kangaroo.
To make bold, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture.
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Syn: Courageous; daring; brave; intrepid; fearless;
dauntless; valiant; manful; audacious; stouthearted;
high-spirited; adventurous; confident; strenuous;
forward; impudent.
[1913 Webster]Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.
named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.
Lith. aklas blind. Cf. Aquiline.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,
esp. of the genera Aquila and Hali[ae]etus. The eagle
is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,
keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most
noted species are the golden eagle ({Aquila
chrysa["e]tus}); the imperial eagle of Europe ({Aquila
mogilnik} or Aquila imperialis); the American bald eagle
(Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle
(Hali[ae]etus albicilla); and the great harpy eagle
(Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the
king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and
also for standards and emblematic devices. See {Bald
eagle}, Harpy, and Golden eagle.
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2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten
dollars.
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3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a
star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.
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4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard
of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or
standard of any people.
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Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. --Tennyson.
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Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France
under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their
national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for
an emblem a double-headed eagle.
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Bald eagle. See Bald eagle.
Bold eagle. See under Bold.
Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty
dollars.
Eagle hawk (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested, South American
hawk of the genus Morphnus.
Eagle owl (Zo["o]l.), any large owl of the genus Bubo,
and allied genera; as the American great horned owl ({Bubo
Virginianus}), and the allied European species ({B.
maximus}). See Horned owl.
Eagle ray (Zo["o]l.), any large species of ray of the genus
Myliobatis (esp. M. aquila).
Eagle vulture (Zo["o]l.), a large West African bid
(Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several
respects, between the eagles and vultures.
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Bold eagle
(gcide) | Wedge-tailed \Wedge"-tailed"\, a. (Zool.)
Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest,
the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or
less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of
Wood hoopoe, under Wood.
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Wedge-tailed eagle, an Australian eagle (Aquila audax)
which feeds on various small species of kangaroos, and on
lambs; -- called also mountain eagle, bold eagle, and
eagle hawk.
Wedge-tailed gull, an arctic gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in
which the plumage is tinged with rose; -- called also
Ross's gull.
[1913 Webster]Bold eagle \Bold eagle\, (Zool.)
an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs
and even the kangaroo.
To make bold, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture.
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Syn: Courageous; daring; brave; intrepid; fearless;
dauntless; valiant; manful; audacious; stouthearted;
high-spirited; adventurous; confident; strenuous;
forward; impudent.
[1913 Webster]Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.
named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.
Lith. aklas blind. Cf. Aquiline.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,
esp. of the genera Aquila and Hali[ae]etus. The eagle
is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,
keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most
noted species are the golden eagle ({Aquila
chrysa["e]tus}); the imperial eagle of Europe ({Aquila
mogilnik} or Aquila imperialis); the American bald eagle
(Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle
(Hali[ae]etus albicilla); and the great harpy eagle
(Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the
king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and
also for standards and emblematic devices. See {Bald
eagle}, Harpy, and Golden eagle.
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2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten
dollars.
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3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a
star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.
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4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard
of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or
standard of any people.
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Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. --Tennyson.
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Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France
under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their
national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for
an emblem a double-headed eagle.
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Bald eagle. See Bald eagle.
Bold eagle. See under Bold.
Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty
dollars.
Eagle hawk (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested, South American
hawk of the genus Morphnus.
Eagle owl (Zo["o]l.), any large owl of the genus Bubo,
and allied genera; as the American great horned owl ({Bubo
Virginianus}), and the allied European species ({B.
maximus}). See Horned owl.
Eagle ray (Zo["o]l.), any large species of ray of the genus
Myliobatis (esp. M. aquila).
Eagle vulture (Zo["o]l.), a large West African bid
(Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several
respects, between the eagles and vultures.
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Bolden
(gcide) | Bolden \Bold"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boldened. ]
To make bold; to encourage; to embolden.
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Ready speakers, being boldened with their present
abilities to say more, . . . use less help of diligence
and study. --Ascham.
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Boldened
(gcide) | Bolden \Bold"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boldened. ]
To make bold; to encourage; to embolden.
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Ready speakers, being boldened with their present
abilities to say more, . . . use less help of diligence
and study. --Ascham.
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boldface
(gcide) | boldface \boldface\ n.
a typeface with thick heavy lines; -- also called
bold-faced.
[WordNet 1.5]boldface \boldface\ v.
to print in boldface.
[WordNet 1.5]Bold-faced \Bold"-faced`\, a.
1. Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced
woman.
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I have seen enough to confute all the bold-faced
atheists of this age. --Bramhall.
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2. (Print.) Having a conspicuous or heavy face; -- also
called boldface.
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Note: This line is bold-faced nonpareil.
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bold-faced
(gcide) | boldface \boldface\ n.
a typeface with thick heavy lines; -- also called
bold-faced.
[WordNet 1.5]Bold-faced \Bold"-faced`\, a.
1. Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced
woman.
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I have seen enough to confute all the bold-faced
atheists of this age. --Bramhall.
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2. (Print.) Having a conspicuous or heavy face; -- also
called boldface.
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Note: This line is bold-faced nonpareil.
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Bold-faced
(gcide) | boldface \boldface\ n.
a typeface with thick heavy lines; -- also called
bold-faced.
[WordNet 1.5]Bold-faced \Bold"-faced`\, a.
1. Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced
woman.
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I have seen enough to confute all the bold-faced
atheists of this age. --Bramhall.
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2. (Print.) Having a conspicuous or heavy face; -- also
called boldface.
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Note: This line is bold-faced nonpareil.
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Boldly
(gcide) | Boldly \Bold"ly\, adv. [AS. bealdl[imac]ce.]
In a bold manner.
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Boldness
(gcide) | Boldness \Bold"ness\, n.
The state or quality of being bold.
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Syn: Courage; bravery; intrepidity; dauntlessness; hardihood;
assurance.
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Boldo
(gcide) | Boldo \Bol"do\, Boldu \Bol"du\, n. (Bot.)
A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (Peumus Boldus). The
bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the
leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.
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Boldu
(gcide) | Boldo \Bol"do\, Boldu \Bol"du\, n. (Bot.)
A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (Peumus Boldus). The
bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the
leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.
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Embolden
(gcide) | Embolden \Em*bold"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboldened; p. pr.
& vb. n. Emboldening.]
To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. --Shak.
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The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this
dangerous office. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Emboldened
(gcide) | Embolden \Em*bold"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboldened; p. pr.
& vb. n. Emboldening.]
To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. --Shak.
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The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this
dangerous office. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Emboldener
(gcide) | Emboldener \Em*bold"en*er\, n.
One who emboldens.
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Emboldening
(gcide) | Embolden \Em*bold"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboldened; p. pr.
& vb. n. Emboldening.]
To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. --Shak.
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The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this
dangerous office. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Hyalonema Sieboldii
(gcide) | Hyalonema \Hy`a*lo*ne"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`alos glass + ? a
thread.] (Zool.)
A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem
composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres
twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the
Japanese species (Hyalonema Sieboldii), called
glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See
Glass-rope.
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Imbolden
(gcide) | Imbolden \Im*bold"en\, v. t.
See Embolden.
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Karwinskia humboldtiana
(gcide) | Coyotillo \Co`yo*til"lo\, n. [Mex. Sp. dim. See Coyote.]
A low rhamnaceous shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of the
southwestern United States and Mexico. Its berries are said
to be poisonous to the coyote.
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Kobold
(gcide) | Kobold \Ko"bold\, n. [G., perh. orig., house god, hose
protector. See Cobalt]
A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding
to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow.
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Lagothrix Humboldtii
(gcide) | Caparro \Ca*par"ro\, n. [Native Indian name.] (Zool.)
A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with
prehensile tail.
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Overbold
(gcide) | Overbold \O`ver*bold"\, a.
Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent. --Shak. --
O"ver*bold"ly, adv.
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Overboldly
(gcide) | Overbold \O`ver*bold"\, a.
Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent. --Shak. --
O"ver*bold"ly, adv.
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Peumus Boldus
(gcide) | Boldo \Bol"do\, Boldu \Bol"du\, n. (Bot.)
A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (Peumus Boldus). The
bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the
leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.
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To make bold
(gcide) | make \make\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. made (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb.
n. making.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS.
mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to
join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. Match an equal.]
1. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to
produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in
various specific uses or applications:
(a) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain
form; to construct; to fabricate.
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He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after
he had made it a molten calf. --Ex. xxxii.
4.
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(b) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or
false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.
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And Art, with her contending, doth aspire
To excel the natural with made delights.
--Spenser.
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(c) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or
agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often
used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the
simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make
complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to
record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.
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Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.
--Judg. xvi.
25.
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Wealth maketh many friends. --Prov. xix.
4.
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I will neither plead my age nor sickness in
excuse of the faults which I have made.
--Dryden.
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(d) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make
a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
(e) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as
profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or
happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an
error; to make a loss; to make money.
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He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck
a second time. --Bacon.
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(f) To find, as the result of calculation or computation;
to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or
amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and
the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over;
as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the
distance in one day.
(h) To put in a desired or desirable condition; to cause
to thrive.
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Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown.
--Dryden.
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2. To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb,
or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make
public; to make fast.
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Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? --Ex.
ii. 14.
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See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. --Ex. vii.
1.
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Note: When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive
pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make
bold; to make free, etc.
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3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to
esteem, suppose, or represent.
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He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make
him. --Baker.
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4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause;
to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and
infinitive.
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Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually
omitted.
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I will make them hear my words. --Deut. iv.
10.
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They should be made to rise at their early hour.
--Locke.
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5. To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or
fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish
the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet
cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.
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And old cloak makes a new jerkin. --Shak.
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6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to
constitute; to form; to amount to; as, a pound of ham
makes a hearty meal.
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The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea,
Make but one temple for the Deity. --Waller.
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7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.]
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Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole
brotherhood of city bailiffs? --Dryden.
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8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. "And
make the Libyan shores." --Dryden.
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They that sail in the middle can make no land of
either side. --Sir T.
Browne.
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To make a bed, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to
put it in order.
To make a card (Card Playing), to take a trick with it.
To make account. See under Account, n.
To make account of, to esteem; to regard.
To make away.
(a) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.]
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If a child were crooked or deformed in body or
mind, they made him away. --Burton.
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(b) To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs.]
--Waller.
To make believe, to pretend; to feign; to simulate.
To make bold, to take the liberty; to venture.
To make the cards (Card Playing), to shuffle the pack.
To make choice of, to take by way of preference; to choose.
To make danger, to make experiment. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
To make default (Law), to fail to appear or answer.
To make the doors, to shut the door. [Obs.]
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Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out
at the casement. --Shak.
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To make free with. See under Free, a.
To make good. See under Good.
To make head, to make headway.
To make light of. See under Light, a.
To make little of.
(a) To belittle.
(b) To accomplish easily.
To make love to. See under Love, n.
To make meat, to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq.
Western U. S.]
To make merry, to feast; to be joyful or jovial.
To make much of, to treat with much consideration,,
attention, or fondness; to value highly.
To make no bones. See under Bone, n.
To make no difference, to have no weight or influence; to
be a matter of indifference.
To make no doubt, to have no doubt.
To make no matter, to have no weight or importance; to make
no difference.
To make oath (Law), to swear, as to the truth of something,
in a prescribed form of law.
To make of.
(a) To understand or think concerning; as, not to know
what to make of the news.
(b) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to
account. "Makes she no more of me than of a slave."
--Dryden.
To make one's law (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's
self of a charge.
To make out.
(a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out
the meaning of a letter.
(b) to gain sight of; to recognize; to discern; to descry;
as, as they approached the city, he could make out the
tower of the Chrysler Building.
(c) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable
to make out his case.
(d) To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make
out the money.
(d) to write out; to write down; -- used especially of a
bank check or bill; as, he made out a check for the
cost of the dinner; the workman made out a bill and
handed it to him.
To make over, to transfer the title of; to convey; to
alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee.
To make sail. (Naut.)
(a) To increase the quantity of sail already extended.
(b) To set sail.
To make shift, to manage by expedients; as, they made shift
to do without it. [Colloq.].
To make sternway, to move with the stern foremost; to go or
drift backward.
To make strange, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if
surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a
request or suggestion.
To make suit to, to endeavor to gain the favor of; to
court.
To make sure. See under Sure.
To make up.
(a) To collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the
amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package.
(b) To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference
or quarrel.
(c) To supply what is wanting in; to complete; as, a
dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum.
(d) To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape,
prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into
pills; to make up a story.
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He was all made up of love and charms!
--Addison.
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(e) To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss.
(f) To adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make
up accounts.
(g) To dress and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was
well made up.
To make up a face, to distort the face as an expression of
pain or derision.
To make up one's mind, to reach a mental determination; to
resolve.
To make way, or To make one's way.
(a) To make progress; to advance.
(b) To open a passage; to clear the way.
To make words, to multiply words.
[1913 Webster]Bold eagle \Bold eagle\, (Zool.)
an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs
and even the kangaroo.
To make bold, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture.
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Syn: Courageous; daring; brave; intrepid; fearless;
dauntless; valiant; manful; audacious; stouthearted;
high-spirited; adventurous; confident; strenuous;
forward; impudent.
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Unbold
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baron alexander von humboldt
(wn) | Baron Alexander von Humboldt
n 1: German naturalist who explored Central and South America
and provided a comprehensive description of the physical
universe (1769-1859) [syn: Humboldt, {Baron Alexander von
Humboldt}, {Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von
Humboldt}] |
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