what does bold mean?
BOLD as NOUN
- Meaning
- a typeface with thick heavy lines
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) bold is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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BOLD as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
Usage Example(s)
- bold settlers on some foreign shore
- a bold speech
- a bold adventure
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Attribute(s)
- Meaning
Usage Example(s)
- bold handwriting
- a figure carved in bold relief
- a bold design
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- Meaning
- very steep
- having a prominent and almost vertical front
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Usage Example(s)
- a bluff headland
- where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
- a sheer descent of rock
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