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breasted
  • v  meet at breast level
    The runner breasted the tape
  • v  reach the summit (of a mountain)
    They breasted the mountain
  • v  confront bodily
  • a  having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds
    small-breasted
    red-breasted sandpiper
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brassy
  • a  resembling the sound of a brass instrument
  • s  tastelessly showy
  • s  unrestrained by convention or propriety
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brave
  • n  a North American Indian warrior
  • n  people who are brave
    the home of the free and the brave
  • v  face and withstand with courage
    She braved the elements
  • a  possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
    Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville
  • s  invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  • s  brightly colored and showy
    girls decked out in brave new dresses
    brave banners flying
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braw
  • s  brightly colored and showy
    `braw' is a Scottish word
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brawny
  • s  (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
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brazen
  • v  face with defiance or impudence
    brazen it out
  • s  unrestrained by convention or propriety
    brazen arrogance
  • a  made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
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