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bolded

bolded is the simple past and past participle of bold.

Meaning of bold

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.
    • Please bold all these subheads.
    Synonyms:
    boldface, embolden
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To make bold or daring.
    • […] for this buſines,
      It touches vs, as France inuades our land
      Not bolds the King, with others whome I feare,
      Moſt iuſt and heauy cauſes make oppoſe.c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […]...
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To become bold or brave.

See all 14 meanings of bold

Words formed from bolded

Questions about bolded

What is bolded the simple past and past participle of?
Bolded is the simple past and past participle of bold.

Words near bolded in the dictionary

  1. bold star
  2. bold stars
  3. bold-faced
  4. bold-hearted
  5. boldacious
  6. bolded
  7. bolden
  8. boldened
  9. boldening
  10. boldenone
  11. boldenone undecylenate

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