verb#1,463 by frequency

dare

/dɛə/

To have enough courage; To defy or challenge; To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to

Meanings

1
To have enough courage (to do something)
- How dare you say that?
  Tatoeba · Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR
- Don't you dare answer that.
  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
3
To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
4
To terrify; to dauntrare
5
To drive larks to the ground by scaring them (for instance, with mirrors or hawks) so they can be caught in netsrare
6
To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrifiedrare
7
To lie or crouch down in fearrare