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daring
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daring
Verb
  • ∙ present participle of dare
Adjective
  • ∙ Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks.
  • ∙ Courageous, or showing bravery.
Noun
  • ∙ Boldness
dare
Verb
  • ∙ To have enough courage (to do something). intransitive
  • ∙ To defy or challenge (someone to do something) transitive
  • ∙ To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to transitive
  • ∙ To terrify; to daunt. transitive
  • ∙ To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. transitive
Noun
  • ∙ A challenge to prove courage.
  • ∙ The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
  • ∙ Defiance; challenge.
Verb
  • ∙ To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified. [13th-16thc.] obsolete
  • ∙ To lie or crouch down in fear. [13th-16thc.] obsolete
Noun
  • ∙ A small fish, the dace.