▸ verb: (intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something). ▸ verb: (transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something). ▸ verb: (transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to. ▸ verb: (transitive) To terrify; to daunt. ▸ verb: (archaic, transitive) To drive larks to the ground by scaring them (for instance, with mirrors or hawks) so they can be caught in nets. ▸ noun: A challenge to prove courage. ▸ noun: The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. ▸ noun: Defiance; challenge. ▸ noun: (games) In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players. ▸ verb: (obsolete) To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified. ▸ verb: (obsolete) To lie or crouch down in fear. ▸ noun: A small fish, the dace ▸ noun: A surname. ▸ noun: (US) Acronym of Drug Abuse Resistance Education. ▸ noun: (lexicography) Acronym of Dictionary of American Regional English.
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