Definition of Braving

1. n. A bravado; a boast.

Definition of Braving

1. Verb. (present participle of brave) ¹

2. Noun. A bravado; a boast. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Braving

1. brave [v] - See also: brave

Lexicographical Neighbors of Braving

brave new world
brave new worlds
brave out
braved
braveheart
bravely
braveness
bravenesses
braver
braveries
bravers
bravery
braves
bravest
bravi
braving (current term)
bravingly
bravings
bravissimo
bravo
bravoed
bravoes
bravoing
bravos
bravura
bravuras
bravure
braw
brawer
brawest

Literary usage of Braving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1877)
"WHERE, braving angry winter's storms,1 The lofty Ochils rise, Far in their shade my Peggy's charms First blest my wondering eyes ; As one who by some savage ..."

2. The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1909)
"WHERE, braving angry winter's storms, The lofty Ochils rise, Far in their shade my Peggy's charms First blest my wondering eyes; ..."

3. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1882)
"... Norther "—Terrible Hardships and Sufferings of Fifteen Men — braving the Dangers of the Elements — The Pluck of Captain Mix—Threats of Instant Death —An ..."

4. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"By thus increasing more and more the connections and the mutual confidence, the means of braving the effects of the ambition and the revenge of the common ..."

5. The Poetry of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1897)
"WHERE, braving ANGRY WINTE STORMS WHERE, braving angry winter's storms, The lofty Ochils rise, Far in their shade my Peggy's charms First blest my wondering ..."

6. The Doctor, &c by Robert Southey (1836)
"Say, ancient edifice, thyself with years Grown gray, how long upon the hill has stood Thy weather-braving tower, and silent mark'd The human leaf in ..."

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