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braw Definition

braw (brô, brä)

adjective

  1. well-dressed
  2. splendid

Etymology: < brave

braw Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • lad: She sheltered and fostered many a braw lad, and some of them became the most famous men of the Diaspora.
  • day: A braw day for the Scots tongue A new online project to help revitalize the Scots language has been launched.
  • coz: Everyday I wish you weren't so braw coz I miss you.
  • book: BRAW Books, Reading And Writing is the network for the Scottish children's book.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: Everyday I wish you weren't so braw coz I miss you.
braw Quotes

Though this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a'the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', 'Ye are na Mary Morison.'

—Burns, Robert

Browse dictionary entries near braw

  1. bravura
  2. bravo
  3. bravissimo
  4. bravery
  5. bravely
  6. brave new world
  7. brave
  8. bravado
  9. brava
  10. braunschweiger
  1. brawl
  2. brawn
  3. brawny
  4. braxy
  5. bray
  6. brayer
  7. Braz
  8. braze
  9. brazen
  10. brazenfaced