dare meaning
EN
[deə(ɹ)] [-eə(r)] 
US WDare
- Dare may refer to:
EN DARE 
- NounPLdares
- VerbSGdaresPRdaringPT, PPdaredPTdaredPTdurstPPdared
- VI To have enough courage (to do something).
- I wouldn't dare argue with my boss.
- VT To defy or challenge (someone to do something).
- I dare you to kiss that girl.
- VT To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.
- Will you dare death to reach your goal?
- VT To terrify; to daunt.
- VT To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.
- OBS To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified.
- OBS To lie or crouch down in fear.
- VI To have enough courage (to do something).
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- "Sorry, that's the best whatchamahoozie we've ever seen, but since it's Not Invented Here, we don't dare use it."
- The history of wikied novels isn't pretty (Penguin Books never published the gobbledygook that was "A Million Penguins"), and no one has dared wiki a jazz song.
- Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell. — Pope.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of dare in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "dare" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.