Words that rhyme with outbrave

  • architrave
    n 1: the molding around a door or window 2: the lowest part of an entablature; rests immediately on the capitals of the columns
  • behave
    v 1: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" [syn: act, behave, do] 2: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry] 3: behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave" [syn: behave, comport] [ant: misbehave, misconduct, misdemean]
  • brave
    adj 1: 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; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory" [syn: brave, courageous] [ant: cowardly, fearful] 2: invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" [syn: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing] 3: brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage" [syn: brave, braw, gay] n 1: a North American Indian warrior 2: people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave" [ant: cautious, timid] v 1: face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements" [syn: weather, endure, brave, brave out]
  • cave
    n 1: a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea v 1: hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks" [syn: cave, undermine] 2: explore natural caves [syn: cave, spelunk]
  • concave
    adj 1: curving inward [ant: bulging, convex]
  • crave
    v 1: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn: crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust] 2: plead or ask for earnestly
  • deprave
    v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]
  • engrave
    v 1: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" [syn: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe] 2: impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory" 3: carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter" [syn: engrave, etch] 4: carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" [syn: engrave, etch]
  • enslave
    v 1: make a slave of; bring into servitude
  • grave
    adj 1: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" [syn: grave, sedate, sober, solemn] 2: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" [syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening] 3: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" [syn: grave, grievous, heavy, weighty] n 1: death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave" 2: a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" [syn: grave, tomb] 3: a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation [syn: grave accent, grave] v 1: shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" [syn: sculpt, sculpture, grave] 2: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" [syn: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe]
  • knave
    n 1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet] 2: one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince [syn: jack, knave]
  • landgrave
    n 1: a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany
  • lave
    v 1: wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore" [syn: lave, lap, wash] 2: cleanse (one's body) with soap and water [syn: wash, lave] 3: wash one's face and hands; "She freshened up in the bathroom" [syn: wash up, lave]
  • margrave
    n 1: the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany 2: a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
  • misbehave
    v 1: behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning" [syn: misbehave, misconduct, misdemean] [ant: behave, comport]
  • nave
    n 1: the central area of a church
  • pave
    n 1: a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows v 1: cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic; "pave the roads in the village"
  • rave
    n 1: a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played; "raves are very popular in Berlin" 2: an extravagantly enthusiastic review; "he gave it a rave" v 1: participate in an all-night techno dance party 2: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn: rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave] 3: praise enthusiastically; "She raved about that new restaurant" [syn: rave, gush]
  • save
    n 1: (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save" v 1: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salvage, salve, relieve, save] 2: to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" [syn: save, preserve] 3: bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack" [syn: save, carry through, pull through, bring through] 4: spend less; buy at a reduced price 5: accumulate money for future use; "He saves half his salary" [syn: save, lay aside, save up] 6: make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time" [syn: save, make unnecessary] 7: save from sins [syn: deliver, redeem, save] 8: refrain from harming [syn: spare, save] 9: spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" [syn: save, economize, economise] 10: retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger" [syn: keep open, hold open, keep, save] 11: record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" [syn: write, save]
  • shave
    n 1: the act of removing hair with a razor [syn: shave, shaving] v 1: remove body hair with a razor 2: cut closely; "trim my beard" [syn: shave, trim] 3: cut the price of [syn: shave, knock off] 4: cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" [syn: plane, shave] 5: make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish" 6: touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"
  • slave
    n 1: a person who is owned by someone 2: someone who works as hard as a slave [syn: slave, striver, hard worker] 3: someone entirely dominated by some influence or person; "a slave to fashion"; "a slave to cocaine"; "his mother was his abject slave" v 1: work very hard, like a slave [syn: slave, break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down]
  • stave
    n 1: (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written [syn: staff, stave] 2: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket [syn: stave, lag] 3: a crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: rung, round, stave] v 1: furnish with staves; "stave a ladder" 2: burst or force (a hole) into something [syn: stave, stave in]
  • waive
    v 1: do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" [syn: waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with] 2: lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" [syn: forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego] [ant: arrogate, claim, lay claim]
  • wave
    n 1: one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) [syn: wave, moving ridge] 2: a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves" 3: (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth [syn: wave, undulation] 4: something that rises rapidly; "a wave of emotion swept over him"; "there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed"; "a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right" 5: the act of signaling by a movement of the hand [syn: wave, waving, wafture] 6: a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair 7: an undulating curve [syn: wave, undulation] 8: a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures); "a heat wave" 9: a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch v 1: signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably" [syn: beckon, wave] 2: move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun" [syn: brandish, flourish, wave] 3: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" [syn: roll, undulate, flap, wave] 4: twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please" [syn: curl, wave] 5: set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"
  • aftershave
  • clave
  • forgave
  • gave
  • glaive
  • they've
  • dave
  • fave
  • shortwave
  • redgrave
  • sulgrave

See also outbrave definition