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OUTBRAVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outbrave mean? 

OUTBRAVE (verb)
  The verb OUTBRAVE has 2 senses:

1. resist bravelyplay

2. be braver thanplay

  Familiarity information: OUTBRAVE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OUTBRAVE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they outbrave  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it outbraves  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: outbraved  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: outbraved  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: outbraving  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Resist bravely

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

He outbraved the enemy

Hypernyms (to "outbrave" is one way to...):

hold out; resist; stand firm; withstand (stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


Sense 2

Meaning:

Be braver than

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "outbrave" is one way to...):

exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot outbrave Sue


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