What part of speech is brave?

Brave can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. brave is a verb, present, 1st person singular of brave (infinitive).
  • 2. brave is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. brave is a noun, singular of braves.
  • 4. brave is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

Adjective to adverb

  • adjective: brave
  • adverb: bravely 

What does brave mean?

Definitions

Adjective

brave - 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 a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory"
brave - 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"
brave - invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

Verb

brave - To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy.
brave - To adorn; to make fine or showy.

Noun

brave - people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave"
brave - a North American Indian warrior

Examples of brave

#   Sentence  
1. noun The home of the free and the brave.
2. adj. Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring.
3. adj. Girls decked out in brave new dresses.
4. adj. Brave banners flying.
5. adj. Even the IP and ICDC have abandoned the neighbourhood, and those are trained and armed, so don't expect scared civilians to do anything except to hide inside and pray a helicopter or a tank doesn't bomb them, and also how are American soldiers going to distinguish the brave and valiant civilians from the Fedayeen?
6. adj. And thus the United States of America - The Land Of The Free And The Home Of The Brave - becomes just another Military Dictatorship, no better than Nazi Germany or Fascist Italy during World War II.
7. adj. In the meanwhile there are still broken families that should have been safe in the home of the brave.
8. verb You are very brave.
9. verb I admire your brave deed.
10. verb Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
11. verb He was brave in the face of danger.
12. verb Some brave passengers caught the pickpocket and turned him over to the police.
13. verb The brave captain saved his ship.
14. verb His brave deeds earned him a medal.
15. verb The brave knight steps forward and kisses the lady on the hand.
16. verb The brave fireman rescued a boy from the burning house.
17. verb How brave of him to jump into the water to save the little girl!
18. verb It is very brave of you to vote against the plan.
19. verb The knight is not so much brave as reckless.
20. verb John did a brave thing.
21. verb John is brave in appearance, but is in reality a coward.
22. verb You're very brave, aren't you?
Sentence  
noun
The home of the free and the brave.
adj.
Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring.
Girls decked out in brave new dresses.
Brave banners flying.
Even the IP and ICDC have abandoned the neighbourhood, and those are trained and armed, so don't expect scared civilians to do anything except to hide inside and pray a helicopter or a tank doesn't bomb them, and also how are American soldiers going to distinguish the brave and valiant civilians from the Fedayeen?
And thus the United States of America - The Land Of The Free And The Home Of The Brave - becomes just another Military Dictatorship, no better than Nazi Germany or Fascist Italy during World War II.
In the meanwhile there are still broken families that should have been safe in the home of the brave.
verb
You are very brave.
I admire your brave deed.
Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
He was brave in the face of danger.
Some brave passengers caught the pickpocket and turned him over to the police.
The brave captain saved his ship.
His brave deeds earned him a medal.
The brave knight steps forward and kisses the lady on the hand.
The brave fireman rescued a boy from the burning house.
How brave of him to jump into the water to save the little girl!
It is very brave of you to vote against the plan.
The knight is not so much brave as reckless.
John did a brave thing.
John is brave in appearance, but is in reality a coward.
You're very brave, aren't you?

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