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| bold [ bōld ] |
adjective (comparative bold·er, superlative bold·est) |
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1. fearless and adventurous: willing and eager to face danger or adventure with a sense of confidence and fearlessness
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2. requiring or showing daring: requiring or showing fearlessness, daring, and often originality
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3. impudent or presumptuous: lacking in modesty or impolitely assertive
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4. clear and conspicuous: standing out and therefore easily noticed
  bold colors
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5. steep: rising abruptly and steeply from the surroundings
a bold cliff
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6. printing darker than standard: having darker thicker lines than standard type, fonts, or lettering
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noun |
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printing type darker than standard: type, fonts, or lettering with darker thicker lines than is standard
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transitive verb (past and past participle bold·ed, present participle bold·ing, 3rd person present singular bolds) |
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printing put something in bold type: to set, print, or display text in bold type
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| [ Old English bald< Indo-European] |
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| bold·ly adverb |
| bold·ness noun |
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