Definition of "bold"

bold¹

/ˈbəʊld/

noun
plural bolds
1. (obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.

bold²

/ˈbəʊld/

adjective
comparative bolder or more bold, superlative boldest or most bold
1. Courageous, daring.
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  Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.
  1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company
  It would be extraordinarily bold of me to give it a try after seeing what has happened to you.
  2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 239c
2. Visually striking; conspicuous.
3. (typography, of typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
4. Presumptuous, forward or impudent.
  Quotations
  […] even the boldeſt and moſt affirmative Philoſophy, which has ever attempted to impoſe its crude Dictates and Principles on Mankind.
  1748, [David Hume], “Essay I. On the different Species of Philosophy.”, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], part I, page 18
5. (Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.
6. Full-bodied.
7. (Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.
8. Steep or abrupt.
  Quotations
  The grounds descend with a bold slope to the water's edge, and rise finely upwards above the mansion, abounding with fine trees, and ornamented by a range of building at a distance, in a corresponding style […]
  1808, William Bernard Cooke, A New Picture of the Isle of Wight, page 144

bold³

/ˈbəʊld/

verb
third-person singular simple present bolds, present participle bolding, simple past and past participle bolded
1. (transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To make bold or daring.
  Quotations
  […] for this buſines,It touches vs, as France inuades our landNot bolds the King, with others whome I feare,Moſt iuſt and heauy cauſes make oppoſe.
  c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, [Act V, scene i]
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To become bold or brave.

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