What does dared mean?
Dared means simple past and past participle of dare.
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/dɛəd/ · verb
simple past and past participle of dare.
Slumped way down in a chair, with both his feet. / Against the stove, the hottest day that summer. / He looked so clean disgusted from behind / There was no one that dared to stir him up , / Or let him know that he was being looked at . / Apparently I hadn't buried him ( I may have knocked him down ) ;[…]
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Dared means simple past and past participle of dare.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Slumped way down in a chair, with both his feet. / Against the stove, the hottest day that summer. / He looked so clean disgusted from behind / There was no one that dared to stir him up , / Or let him know that he was being looked at . / Apparently I hadn't buried him ( I may have knocked him down ) ;[…]
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