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Boldface

Noun:
  1. A typeface with thick heavy lines
Usage:
  1. Print in boldface
Synonyms:
  1. Bold
  2. Bold face

Bold Face

Noun:

  1. A typeface with thick heavy lines

Usage:

  1. Print in boldface

Synonyms:

  1. Bold
  2. Boldface

Bluff Out

Noun: (card game) deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

Synonyms:
Bluff

Bold

Adjective:
1. Fearless and daring
2. Clear and distinct
3. Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

Usage:
1. "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"
2. "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in bold relief"; "a bold design"
3. "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"

Noun:
1. A typeface with thick heavy lines

Synonyms:

1. Bluff
2. bold face
3. boldface
4. Sheer

Bluff

Noun:
1. A high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
2. Pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

Usage: 
"his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"

3. The act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

Verb:
1. Deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
2. Frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

Adjective:
1. Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

Usage:
"a bluff headland"

2. Bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

Usage:
"a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"

Synonyms

1. Bluff out
2. Bold
3. Four Flush
4. Sheer

Bondage

Noun:
1. The state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
2. The state of being under the control of another person
3. Sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners

Usage:
"he was in bondage to fear"; "he sought release from his bondage to Satan"; "a self freed from the bondage of time"

Synonyms:
Slavery
thraldom
thrall
thralldom