bronze vs dare

bronze

noun
  • Boldness; impudence. 

  • A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals. 

  • A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture. 

  • A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze. 

  • A bronze medal. 

adj
  • Made of bronze metal. 

  • Having a reddish-brown colour. 

  • Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun. 

verb
  • To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan. 

  • To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun. 

  • To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen. 

  • To plate with bronze. 

dare

noun
  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. 

  • A challenge to prove courage. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players. 

  • A small fish, the dace 

  • Defiance; challenge. 

verb
  • To terrify; to daunt. 

  • To have enough courage (to do something). 

  • To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to 

  • To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. 

  • To defy or challenge (someone to do something) 

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