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4-letter words (1 found)

BOLD,

3-letter words (6 found)

BOD,DOB,DOL,LOB,LOD,OLD,

2-letter words (5 found)

BO,DO,LO,OB,OD,

You can make 12 words from bold according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bold

bold obld blod lbod olbd lobd bodl obdl bdol dbol odbl dobl bldo lbdo bdlo dblo ldbo dlbo oldb lodb odlb dolb ldob dlob

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Definitions and meaning of bold

bold

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊld/, [ˈbɒʊ(ɫ)d]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /boʊld/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /baʉld/, [bɒʊ(ɫ)d]
  • Rhymes: -əʊld
  • Homophone: bowled

Etymology 1

From Middle English bold, from Old English bold, blod, bolt, botl (“house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple”), from Proto-Germanic *budlą, *buþlą (“house, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to grow, wax, swell”) or *bʰuH-.

Cognate with Old Frisian bold (“house”) (whence North Frisian bol, boel, bøl (“house”)), North Frisian bodel, budel (“property, inheritance”), Middle Low German būdel (“property, real estate”). Related to build.

Alternative forms

  • bolde, boolde (both obsolete)

Noun

bold (plural bolds)

  1. (obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
Related terms
  • bottle
  • build

Etymology 2

From Middle English bold, bolde, bald, beald, from Old English bald, beald (“bold, brave, confident, strong, of good courage, presumptuous, impudent”), from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, 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, insolent”), both from Latin frons (“forehead”).

Adjective

bold (comparative bolder or more bold, superlative boldest or most bold)

  1. Courageous, daring.
  2. Visually striking; conspicuous.
  3. (typography, of typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
  4. Presumptuous, forward or impudent.
  5. (Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.
  6. Full-bodied.
  7. (Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.
  8. Steep or abrupt.
Synonyms
  • (courageous): audacious, brave, courageous, daring, forward, doughty
  • See also Thesaurus:brave
Derived terms
Related terms
  • bield
  • bolden
  • boldness
  • embolden
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English bolden, balden, from Old English baldian, bealdian, from Proto-Germanic *balþōną, related to *balþaz (see above). Cognate with Old High German irbaldōn (“to become bold, dare”).

Verb

bold (third-person singular simple present bolds, present participle bolding, simple past and past participle bolded)

  1. (transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To make bold or daring.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To become bold or brave.
Synonyms
  • embolden

References

Anagrams

  • BLOD

Cebuano

Etymology

From English bold, from 1940s-1970s bold film (exploitation film).

Adjective

bold

  1. naked, nude
  2. pornographic

Danish

Alternative forms

  • boldt (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Norse bǫllr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈb̥ʌlˀd̥]
  • Rhymes: -ʌld

Noun

bold c (singular definite bolden, plural indefinite bolde)

  1. ball

Declension

Derived terms

  • fodbold
  • tennisbold

Further reading

  • “bold” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “bold” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bold/, [boɫd]

Noun

bold n

  1. Alternative form of botl

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From a Common Slavic root *bodli.

Noun

bold n (plural bolduri)

  1. pin

Declension

Derived terms

  • îmboldi

See also

  • ac

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English bold

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbold/, [ˈbold]

Adjective

bold (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜇ᜔)

  1. (colloquial) naked
    Synonyms: hubad, nakabold
  2. (colloquial) nude; depicting nudity

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