venturing

Verb

venture (third-person singular simple present ventures, present participle venturing, simple past and past participle ventured)

1. (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
   • who freights a ship to venture on the seas1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden Jun., transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fourteenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English...
2. (transitive) To risk or offer.
   • to venture funds
3. (intransitive) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
4. (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
   • to venture a horse to the West Indies
5. (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
   • A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse.1711, Joseph Addison, “No. 21, Saturday, March 24, 1710-11”, in The Spectator
6. (transitive) To say something; to offer an opinion.
   • “Unctuous is probably quite a good description, but there's a sweetness, too, and a mouthfeel,” ventures Heston Blumenthal, chef at the Fat Duck at Bray.2000 January 28, Oliver Burkeman, quoting Heston Blumenthal, “Things that make you go yum”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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