bold
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 →
2) Bold means strong and easy to see, like bright colours or thick lines. tree →
3) Bold (bold type) is thick, dark print used to make words stand out. tree →
4) (Ireland) Bold means naughty, especially for children: «Don't be bold!» tree →
5) (old) Bold can mean cheeky or rude. tree →
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
- Would it be to bold to conclude that the Sefer Yetzirah represents the genuine fragments of Philolaus"? (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- The bold explorer sailed into unknown seas. tree →
- Write the title in bold. tree →
- She painted the wall a bold red. tree →
- «Stop being bold!» Mum said to my little brother. (Ireland) tree →
- It was bold of you to ask the head teacher. tree →
- The key words in the text are in bold. tree →
- This was rather a bold offer. tree →
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.
- Gulls are bold and clever, and they learn that people carry food, so some snatch chips and sandwiches at the seaside.
- They «made so bold as to knock» (dared to knock) at Badger's back door.
- A headline is the title of a news story; it is short, bold and grabs attention.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bold» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.