† boldn.
Obsolete.
A dwelling, habitation, building.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun]
bottleeOE
houseeOE
boldOE
building1297
builda1387
edificec1386
mansion1389
bigginga1400
housinga1400
edification1432
edifying1432
fabric1483
edify1555
structure1560
erection1609
framec1639
bastiment1679
drum1846
dump1899
gaff1932
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > [noun]
earneOE
wickc900
bottleeOE
innOE
boldOE
wonningc1000
wanea1225
wonea1250
bidea1300
dwelling1340
habitaculec1374
habitaclec1384
habitationc1384
mansionc1385
placea1387
manantie?a1400
dungeonc1460
longhousec1460
folda1500
residencea1522
abode1549
bield1570
lodgement1598
bidinga1600
sit-house1743
location1795
wigwam1817
address1855
yard1865
res1882
nivas1914
multifamily1952
OE Beowulf 998 Wæs þæt beorhte bold tobrocen.
c1250 Hymns Virg. in Trin. Coll. Hom. 257 Bring us to þine bolde.
c1270 Earth in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 152 Er erþe go to erþe bild þi long bold.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 383 Þe fayre halle, & oþer bold, þat hys fader let rere.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 169 He made hem bulde meny booldes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
boldadj.
/bəʊld/, U.S. /boʊld/ 1. figurative.a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 125 Pale Prime-roses..bold Oxlips, and The Crowne Imperiall. View more context for this quotation
a. Of persons: Stout-hearted, courageous, daring, fearless; the opposite of ‘timid’ or ‘fearful’. Often, with admiration emphasized = brave adj. 1a.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective]
thristec897
bolda1000
keen1297
apert1330
smartc1400
malaperta1425
overbolda1425
affronted1485
saucy1511
impertinata1525
over-familiar1529
pert1535
cocket1537
cockapert1556
contumelious1561
impudent1563
brass-bold1582
pertlike1582
paughtya1586
audacious1586
copped1597
effronted1598
petulant1598
dortya1605
rufty-tufty1606
facy1607
snappish1608
bold-faceda1616
over-pert1621
impertinent1631
procacious1660
insolent1678
calleting1691
effrontuousa1734
imperent1771
free1775
sassy1799
pawky1809
iron-sideda1825
gilpie1835
cheeky1838
fresh1843
snouty1858
nebby1873
gay1889
nebsy1894
nervy1896
brass neck1925
facety1928
facey1929
brass-necked1935
chutzpadik1959
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > [adjective]
keenc897
dearOE
bolda1000
hardyc1225
yepec1275
crousea1400
jeopardousa1513
audacious1550
facing1564
venturous1565
daring1582
daring-hardy1597
audaculous1603
dareful1614
adventuresome1628
outdacious1742
risky1826
plucky1835
plucked1846
racy1901
have-a-go1953
philobatic1955
Boy's Own1967
a1000 Ags. Ps. cxviii. [cxix.] 162 Ic blissige bealde mode.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8147 Þus bælde Hængest cnihten alre hændest.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 465 King Stefne was the boldore.
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) l. 12681 Speke we of Arthur baldest alre kinge [c1275 Calig. aðelest kinge].
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 669 Feir & beld to tellen by, S[t]rong in armes & hardi.
a1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6855 Swa hardy es na man, ne swa balde.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 36 So myȝten boolde men seie, to þes ordris.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 355 Bauldar in battaill.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5952 So bold was no buerne his bir to withstond.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. K3 When their braue hope, bold Hector march'd to field. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxviii. 1 The righteous are bolde as a lyon. View more context for this quotation
1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 105 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 560 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn!
1842 Ld. Tennyson To J. S. viii A man more pure and bold and just Was never born.
1863 C. St. John Nat. Hist. Moray vii. 171 The Cormorant..is a bold, confident bird.
b. absol. A bold man. Now only plural the bold.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > hero > person of mettle
heart1340
heart of oakc1384
bolda1400
doughtya1400
stalworthc1400
sternc1400
Ironsidea1470
stalwart1508
galliard1532
lada1556
stoutheart1556
hardydardy1593
valour1609
valiant1610
fireman1648
hearty1790
my (also me) hearty1839
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16055 He beheilde þat bitter bald.
?a1400 Morte Arth. (Roxb.) 81 That many a bolde sythen a bought.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1210 Lamydon..Bare don mony bolde.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1405 Mony boldes (?) for þat bright in batell be kylde.
1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington v There he shall rest for ever Among the wise and the bold.
c. quasi-adv.= boldly adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adverb]
wooinglya1382
boldlya1387
malapertly1447
malapertc1460
insolentlya1513
over-boldly1547
contumeliously1548
sauce malapertly1556
impudently1561
bold1597
saucy1598
petulantly1610
audaciously1611
affrontedlya1614
effrontedly1628
impertinently1671
effrontuouslya1734
procaciously1772
cheekily1872
sassily1883
brassily1889
the mind > emotion > courage > bravery or boldness > [adverb]
stronglyeOE
strongeOE
boldlyOE
wellOE
coflyc1000
keenlyc1000
moodilyOE
fastOE
derflyc1175
trustlya1200
hardilyc1225
trustilya1375
ketec1380
throa1400
strenglya1425
strongfullyc1425
roidlya1500
virtuouslya1500
hardyflyc1500
brave1590
bold1597
audaciously1598
bravely1600
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 3 The Duke of Norfolke sprightfully and bold, Staies but the summons of the appellants trumpet. View more context for this quotation
1599 E. Ford Parismenos v. sig. E2 I haue the boldier presumed to detaine you.
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 277 Bold-following where your Fathers led!
2. Of words, actions, etc.: Showing or requiring courage; daring, brave.
ΚΠ
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1715 Þurh belde worde.
c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 2042 A dede queinte and beld.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 7033 Of troye & grece þo batailes bolde [Vesp. bald].
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 324 All these bold feares..I haue answerd. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 386 The bold design Pleas'd highly those infernal States. View more context for this quotation
1736 A. Pope Rape of Lock i. 11, in Wks. I. 141 In tasks so bold, can little men engage.
1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxv. 351 [He] ventured on a very bold step.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 9 My former bold belief in my powers of conversing.
3. Phrases. to make (so) bold, to be (so) bold: to venture, presume so far as, take the liberty (to do a thing). †to make or be bold with (obsolete): to take liberties, make free with.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > have freedom of action [verb (intransitive)] > take liberties
to be (so) boldc1385
to take (a or the) boldness1526
to take the (also a) liberty (to do something)1582
to make (so) bolda1616
free1889
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > not restrain [verb (transitive)] > take liberty with or to do
to make or be bold withc1385
to take the (also a) liberty (to do something)1582
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 879 Ho hath been so bold..to sle myn lyf [i.e. Pyramus].
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 259 Iason..upon Medea made him bolde Of art magique.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. ii. 7 I wil only be bold with Benedick for his company. View more context for this quotation
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. ii. 242 Ile first make bold with your mony.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 86 I thinke we are too bold vpon your Rest. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 251 Sir, let me be so bold as aske you. View more context for this quotation
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 319 You made bold To carry into Flanders, the Great Seale. View more context for this quotation
1641 W. S. in More's Hist. Edward V (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A3v I am bould to crave your patronage herein.
1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. K2v Because they were all Christians, they thought..they might make the bolder with them, make bolder with Christ, and wound him again.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 216 Whether of these our Author made bold with, I cannot determin.
1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. x. 327 We are bold to say that no instance can be found.
1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 166 Nothing, I make bold to say, can be more improbable.
4. † b. absol. An audacious or shameless person. Obsolete.
a. In bad sense: Audacious, presumptuous, too forward; the opposite of ‘modest’.
ΚΠ
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2185 Son se maȝȝdenn wurrþeþþ bald Ȝho wurrþeþþ sone unnþæwedd.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 323 ‘Eue’, seide he, ðat neddre bold, ‘Quat oget nu ðat forbode o-wold’.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 216 Naȝt þe bolde ne þe naȝt ssamueste.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 43 Bolde, presumptuosus, effrons.
1505 Answ. Secret Instr. Hen. VII resp. Q. Naples Not to bolde, but somewhat shamefast womanly.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 987 in Shorter Poems (1967) 66 A deuill of hell Is na compare to the inequyte Of bald wemen.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 236 Men so disordred, so deboyst and bold, that this our court..showes like a riotous Inne. View more context for this quotation
1733 A. Pope 1st Satire 2nd Bk. Horace Imitated 15 The bold Front of shameless, guilty Men.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iii. 58 You are bold indeed: we are not talk'd to thus.
1887 N.E.D. at Bold Mod. A bold young woman.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person
bolda1400
capron hardya1477
malaperta1529
jackanapes1534
past-shame1553
saucea1556
saucy-face1566
outfacer1579
impudent1586
Jack sauce?1590
brazen-face1602
impertinence1611
impertinent1612
insolency1613
insolenta1616
brass-face1647
flapsea1652
impudence1671
bold-face1692
ironface1697
Corinthian1699
scandal-proof1699
saucy-box1702
busker1728
insolence1740
effronterist1776
pert1785
nash-gab1816
card1853
pawk1855
sass-box1856
a one1880
cockapert1881
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15378 Þat ilk es he, þat baald.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8693 Do me bote a-gain þis bald.
c. quasi-adv.
ΚΠ
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7131 Vn-to þat birde was biddand bald, Sampson al þe soth hir tald.
5. Strong, mighty, big. (obsolete) Of grain, etc.: Well-filled, plump. Of fire or wind: Strong, fierce (Scottish)
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > power > [adjective]
mightyeOE
craftyeOE
richeOE
strongeOE
wieldeOE
mainstrongOE
mightOE
keena1000
mightfullOE
mainfulc1225
reighc1225
starkc1275
boldc1300
fort13..
mightandc1350
strengthya1382
mightifula1400
bigc1400
powerfulc1450
puissant?c1450
mananta1500
mighteousa1500
potenta1500
potential?c1500
vailing1508
forcible1555
potentate1556
swingeing1567
powerable1580
strong-handed1598
strengthful1604
hogen mogen1648
powerlike1657
pollent1660
hogana1672
swayful1767
reverend1826
oomphy1955
kick-ass1977
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective]
mightyeOE
strongOE
bigc1300
boldc1300
fort13..
steer13..
steevec1300
valiant1303
stalwortha1340
fortin1340
strengthfula1382
stout1390
pithya1400
tora1400
mighteda1470
strengthyc1485
forcy1488
nervy1598
nervous1616
whipcordy1856
Tarzanesque1933
Tarzan-like1943
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective]
unlittleeOE
mickleeOE
greateOE
mucha1154
mainc1275
boldc1300
fadec1330
largec1392
tallc1430
big1444
masterfula1450
grand1452
largy1558
fine1590
bonnya1600
large-sized1628
roomly1682
lumping?1706
maun1743
strapping1827
barn door1829
serious1843
jumboesque1893
jumbo1897
economy-sized1930
L1942
jumbo-size1949
economy size1950
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > specifically of natural agencies
starkeOE
steer13..
savagea1393
wightc1400
violentc1425
rageousc1450
bolda1522
masterfula1522
shouldering1747
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and full
bunting1584
full-bodied1588
plump1600
bold1787
squidgy1978
c1300 K. Alis. 5004 Wymmen there ben mychel and belde.
c1314 Guy Warw. (1840) 149 Forestes ful of hertes beld.
a1400 Cov. Myst. 3 He sent to Noe an Angel bolde.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 130 Trew luvis fyre nevir birnis bauld.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. iv. 65 The bald flammys and brym blesys stowt.
1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 114 Boreas with his blasts sae bauld.
1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 186 Being a bolder and better grain, weighed heavier.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. ii. 49 An the brandy hadna been ower bauld for your brain.
1864 Times 8 Dec. Coffee..sold at 69s. to 72s. 6d., for good to fine ordinary bold.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adjective]
sickerc1100
bolda1300
surec1330
trist1340
certain1362
traista1400
tresta1400
ensurec1430
suredc1450
absolute1483
firm1483
resolute1501
assured1523
satisfied1533
unperplexed1558
unblanked1570
resolved1577
secure1578
clear1604
constant1611
ungravelled1611
confidenta1616
definitea1616
fearless1634
decretory1651
positive1658
unbrangled1671
cocksure1672
convinced1685
reliant1702
unbewildereda1807
positivistic1893
hensure1929
tooting1932
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2675 Qua es not sua þai mai be bald, Þai sal not o mi folk be tald.
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 169 This ilk Knight, that, be ye balde, Was lord and keper of that halde.
c1440 York Myst. viii. 119 He wille be my beylde, þus am I bowde.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 2340 We wyll hym kepe and we may: There of be ye bold!
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Fiv We shulde be bolde of his grace.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. i. 13 Be bold in vs weele follow where thou leadst. View more context for this quotation
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xviii. iv. 109 Bearing himselfe bold of helpe from those nations.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iv. 2 I would I were so sure To winne the King, as I am bold, her Honour Will remaine her's. View more context for this quotation
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) ii. 703 These he dares be bolde, And more then these.
7. figurative. Showing daring, vigour, or licence of conception or expression; vigorous, striking.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > bold
bold1650
venturinga1651
1650 E. Waller in W. Davenant Disc. upon Gondibert sig. A2v Bold tales of Gods or Monsters.
1660 A. Cowley in Wks. Pref. 11 The figures are bold even to temerity.
1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 11 Mark where a bold expressive Phrase occurs.
1763 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1848) xv. 137/1 I do not think Gray a first-rate poet. He has not a bold imagination.
8.
a. ‘Standing out to the view; striking to the eye’ (Johnson); firmly marked, ‘pronounced’.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adjective] > strikingly
notablea1398
staring?a1425
loud1535
gross1581
strong1583
signal1591
conspicuous1604
marked1620
remarked1623
ranka1640
signalized1652
bold1678
flaming1706
glaring1706
telegraphic1809
salient1841
howling1865
insistent1868
rampageous1889
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > conspicuous
superapparent?a1475
apparent?1541
conspicuous1545
extant1566
conspicable1579
perspicuous1586
kenspeck1590
public1598
prominent1628
eye-taking1635
bold1678
kenspeckle1714
remarkable1726
telegraphic1809
supersalient1843
blatant1889
1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. i. x. 64 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. Had it been finish'd..it had excell'd all the boldest structures of Asia.
1753 Scots Mag. July 318/2 Her pulse easy, bold, and regular.
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iii. iv. 56 I'll write a good bold hand.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxiii. 71 His curling hair hung round a high, bold forehead.
a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) iii. 144 Standing out in bold relief.
1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands vii. 175 The walls are panelled with precious inlaid marbles, in bold patterns.
b. Typography. Of type = bold-face n. 2. Also elliptical or as n.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [adjective] > light-, full-, or bold-faced
full-faced1755
full-face1828
light-faced1832
boldc1871
bold-faced1890
c1871 V. Figgins & J. Figgins Types Specimen Bk. Pica Bold Italic. Long Primer Bold Italic. Brevier Bold Italic. Nonpareil Bold Italic.
1884 Type in Use at Messrs. Parker's Printing Office, Oxford May 25 Pica bold..brevier bold..nonpareil bold..pearl bold.
1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise viii. 132 Can you cut away the headline and re-set in Goudy Bold?
1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 114/1 Version tested [sc. is printed] in bold.
9. In Nautical language, applied to a coast rising steeply from deep water; also, to the deep water close to such a shore: also, in ordinary language, to any broad, steep or projecting face of rock. Of a ship: Broad and bluff in the bows.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > type of
embenched1599
bolda1665
bluff1694
sanded1702
steep-to1748
iron-bound1769
crenulate1919
weed1940
the world > the earth > water > body of water > [adjective] > deep near steep shore
bold1787
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having a prow > having specific type of bow or prow
bluff1627
bowed1747
bold1793
spurred1805
bluff-bowed1833
fiddle-headed1851
bluff-headed1867
figure-headless1877
spoon-bowed1900
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [adjective]
cliffyOE
scarrya1382
clivy1587
cliffed1589
clifty1589
cleevy1612
bluff1694
bold1810
rock-faced1840
bluffy1872
a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 13 It is a bold shore.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 34 A bold Shore, that is, high Land and deep Water close home by it.
1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) I. 96 At Honfleur..they can ride in bold water, in a good bottom.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §170 Built unusually bold in their Bows.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 9 The pine-trees blue On the bold cliffs of Ben-venue.
1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 196 The soundings..show bold water, from 19 to 75 fathoms, close in shore.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. v. 111 The southern part of St. Ouen's Bay is extremely bold.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Bold-shore, a steep coast where the water, deepening rapidly, admits the near approach of shipping without the danger of grounding.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Bold-to, steep-to.
Compounds
General attributive. See also bold-face n.
bold-hearted adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [adjective]
braga1350
animose?a1425
heartlya1450
stomachous1547
bold-spirited1597
mettled1599
mettle1606
animous1609
stomachful1610
stomachious1611
brave-spiriteda1617
mettlesome1673
game1752
spunky1786
spunk1788
gamelike1804
good-woolled1846
plucked1846
bold-hearted1847
gamey1849
gameful1853
gutsy1893
feisty1896
gutty1953
1847 T. De Quincey Nautico-mil. Nun of Spain in Tait's Edinb. Mag. May 329/2 Our bold-hearted Kate.
bold-spirited adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [adjective]
braga1350
animose?a1425
heartlya1450
stomachous1547
bold-spirited1597
mettled1599
mettle1606
animous1609
stomachful1610
stomachious1611
brave-spiriteda1617
mettlesome1673
game1752
spunky1786
spunk1788
gamelike1804
good-woolled1846
plucked1846
bold-hearted1847
gamey1849
gameful1853
gutsy1893
feisty1896
gutty1953
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Ded. sig. A2v Confident and bolde spirited men.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 286 One of the souldiors..a rough bold spirited fellow.
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Philippine English. Of a film, scene, etc.: having sexual content; erotic, risqué. Also of an actor: appearing in sexually explicit films; having a sexually provocative image.
ΚΠ
1969 Philippines Free Press 17 May 64/2 The wave of sexy movies has also cast ashore such films as..the Danish When a Stranger Knocks, which has one bold scene and an important message.
1978 D. M. Roney Golden Nipa Hut 132 Observing her audience's response to her, I could clearly see that she doesn't need to resort to such tactics as bold roles in movies to keep their affection.
1999 BusinessWorld (Philippines) (Nexis) 30 Apr. 26 We asked about his decision to make a bold movie. ‘It's a sex comedy,’ he said. ‘And we enjoyed doing it.’
2017 Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 21 Feb. The former bold star..lambasted television networks and their programs..for their ‘obscene’ love and rape scenes.
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† boldv.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To be, or show oneself, bold; to become bold, grow strong or big.
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the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > making bold appearance > show a bold face [verb]
boldOE
beard1476
to push (also show) a face1765
OE Beowulf 2177 Swa bealdode bearn Ecgðeowes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7539 To gar þam wit hope to bald.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 223 And ther is warme eke hugely thai [plum-trees] bold.
c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 640 The wenche bygane to bolde.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Kk.vij Oure hardines soo boldeth.
2.
a. transitive. To make bold, embolden, encourage.
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the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > encourage or embolden [verb (transitive)]
hearteOE
bieldc897
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to hearten on1555
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bespirit1574
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to put in heart1579
to hearten up1580
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firm1639
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reinhearten1652
reanimate1655
reinspirit1660
to give mettle to1689
warm1697
to lift (up) a person's spirits1711
reman1715
to make a man of1722
respirit1725
elate1726
to cocker up1762
enharden1779
nerve1799
boost1815
brace1816
high-mettle1831
braven1865
brazen1884
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2188 To balden þine leoden [c1300 Otho for boldi].
c1300 K. Alis. 2468 His Gregeys ful faire he boldith.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iii. 198 I batered hem on þe bakke and bolded here hertis.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10425 Men suld bald þam to be blith.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Deut. iii. 28 Geue Iosua his charge, and corage him and Bolde him.
c1540 Lady Brian in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. II. 79 Now et boldethe me to shew yow my powr mynd.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxii. 28 It touches vs, as France inuades our land Not bolds the King. View more context for this quotation
b. To make (a fire) strong or fierce. northern dialect.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > make a fire > make a fire strong
bolda1400
raise1717
a1400 Sir Perc. 792 He tase the knyghte bi the swire, Keste hym reghte in the fyre The brandes to balde.
1887 N.E.D. at Bold Mod. Sc. ‘To bauld the glead’, to kindle the glowing coal, i.e. to make the fire bold, to blow it up. Roxb. (Jamieson).
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