Bold meaning
Steep or abrupt in grade or terrain.
adjective
Bold is defined as free in behavior, or prominent.
A person who is not afraid to speak up for what he believes, even to people with more power than him, is an example of someone who is bold.
A child who is too confident and arrogant as a result of being spoiled is an example of a child who is overly bold.
A strong, deep rich red color is an example of a bold color.
When you have certain letters thicker than others, this is an example of bold.
adjective
Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous.
Bold colors; a bold pattern.
adjective
Boldface.
adjective
Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring.
A bold voyage to unknown lands.
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Strong or pronounced; prominent.
The bold flavor of ginger.
adjective
Showing a readiness to take risks or face danger; daring; fearless.
adjective
Printed in boldface.
adjective
Fearless and daring; courageous.
A bold leader.
adjective
Prominent and clear; striking and sharp.
To write a bold hand.
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Bright and vivid; rich.
Bold colors.
adjective
Forceful in expression.
adjective
Confident.
adjective
, and color other than the black and grayscale in which this book is printed. Rich text often conforms to the Rich Text Formatting (RTF) standard developed by Microsoft Corporation. RTF allows a word processing program to create a rich text file encoded with all necessary formatting instructions, and without any hidden codes. An RTF-encoded file also can be transmitted between applications on a computer and across a network without loss of formatting because it consists only of standard text characters. See also plain text.
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(of a font) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
The last word of this sentence is bold.
adjective
To make (a font or some text) bold.
verb
Unduly forward and brazen; impudent.
A bold, sassy child.
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Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative.
adjective
Too free in behavior or manner; taking liberties; impudent; shameless.
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Steep or abrupt, as a cliff.
adjective
Origin of bold
From Middle English bold, bald, beald, from Old English bald, beald (“bold, brave, confident, strong, of good courage, presumptuous, impudent”), from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel-, *bhlē- (“to bloat, swell, bubble”). Cognate with Dutch boud (“bold, courageous, fearless”), Middle High German balt (“bold”) (whence German bald (“soon”)), Swedish båld (“bold, dauntless”). Perhaps related to Albanian ballë (“forehead”) and Old Prussian balo (“forehead”). For semantic development compare Italian affrontare (“to face, to deal with”), sfrontato (“bold,daring”), both from Latin frons (“forehead”).