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Bronze

//bɹɑnz// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of bronze metal.

    "The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door."

  2. 2
    Having a reddish-brown colour.
  3. 3
    Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.

    "That girl was dynamite. Dark hair with killer blue eyes, bronze skin, and an exquisite full-figured body."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of the color of bronze wordnet
  2. 2
    made from or consisting of bronze wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals. uncountable

    "How little gives thee joy or pain; A print, a bronze, a flower, a root."

  2. 2
    a sculpture made of bronze wordnet
  3. 3
    A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin wordnet
  5. 5
    A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture. countable
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  1. 6
    A bronze medal; third place. countable, uncountable

    "She wanted to win the tournament, but had to settle for the bronze after being beaten in the semi-finals."

  2. 7
    Boldness; impudence. countable, uncountable

    "Embrown'd with native bronze, lo! Henley stands."

Verb
  1. 1
    To plate with bronze. transitive

    "My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes."

  2. 2
    get a tan, from wind or sun wordnet
  3. 3
    To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan. transitive

    "The sun was so low that its level rays shot through the tunnels of the forest and bronzed its ceiling of woven leaves when Bess returned to the clearing."

  4. 4
    give the color and appearance of bronze to something wordnet
  5. 5
    To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun. intransitive

    "His skin began to bronze as he worked in our garden each day."

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  1. 6
    To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen. transitive

    "the lawyer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead"

  2. 7
    To finish in third place; to win a bronze medal. intransitive

    "Louganis' runner-up count was 822.09, and Boggs bronzed at 783.78."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French bronze (1511); from Italian bronzo (13th c.), of uncertain origin (q.v.). First use appears c. 1721 in the writings of Matthew Prior (for which, see citation below).

Etymology 2

From French bronze (1511); from Italian bronzo (13th c.), of uncertain origin (q.v.). First use appears c. 1721 in the writings of Matthew Prior (for which, see citation below).

Etymology 3

From French bronze (1511); from Italian bronzo (13th c.), of uncertain origin (q.v.). First use appears c. 1721 in the writings of Matthew Prior (for which, see citation below).

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