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# bold

«bold» in Mova's school dictionary: **brave and confident, not afraid to take risks** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (bold, bolder, boldest); noun (bold — type)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Bold means brave and confident, not afraid to take risks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/#m1)

2) Bold means strong and easy to see, like bright colours or thick lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/#m2)

3) Bold (bold type) is thick, dark print used to make words stand out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/#m3)

4) (Ireland) Bold means naughty, especially for children: «Don't be bold!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/#m4)

5) (old) Bold can mean cheeky or rude. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In English and computing lessons, you make headings bold to stand out. In stories, a bold knight or a bold plan shows courage. In Ireland, parents tell a naughty child «you're very bold» — it means badly behaved, not brave.

### examples

- The bold explorer sailed into unknown seas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/#x1)
- Write the title in bold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/#x2)
- She painted the wall a bold red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/#x3)
- «Stop being bold!» Mum said to my little brother. (Ireland) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/#x4)
- It was bold of you to ask the head teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/#x5)
- The key words in the text are in bold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/#x6)
- This was rather a bold offer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/#x7)

### note

Adverb: boldly. Noun: boldness. Irish meaning «naughty» is a common surprise for visitors.

### In the corpora

- [Norwegian lemmings are bold and brightly coloured, and they often squeak and stand their ground against much bigger animals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs/9/)
- [Gulls are bold and clever, and they learn that people carry food, so some snatch chips and sandwiches at the seaside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/5/)
- [They «made so bold as to knock» (dared to knock) at Badger's back door.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/35/)
- [A headline is the title of a news story; it is short, bold and grabs attention.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bold» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bold/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.