boldface

) Printing.
n.

Type with thick heavy lines.

adj.

Printed in thick heavy type.

tr.v., -faced, -fac·ing, -fac·es.

1. To mark (copy) for printing in this type.
2. To set or print in this type.

A set of type characters that are darker and heavier than normal. A boldface font implies that each character was originally designed with a heavier appearance rather than created on the fly from a normal character. See boldface attribute.

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Type that is darker than the rest of the text with which it is used; abbreviated bf or bold. Sometimes used for a paragraph heading or for a heading between paragraphs, boldface type draws attention to itself and adds emphasis to a specific idea. It also adds "color" to a page of type through the contrast of dark and light, breaking up the monotone of printed matter. See also weight of type.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a typeface with thick heavy lines
  Synonyms: bold face, bold

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The verb boldface has one meaning:

Meaning #1: print in boldface

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fed skrift
adj. - med fed skrift
v. tr. - tilføje fed skrift

Nederlands (Dutch)
vet gedrukt

Français (French)
n. - caractères gras
adj. - en gras (des caractères)
v. tr. - mettre en caractères gras

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fettdruck, freche Person
adj. - Fettdruck
v. - fett drucken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έντονα (μαύρα) τυπογραφικά στοιχεία

Italiano (Italian)
grassetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tipo (m) negrito (Tipogr.)

Русский (Russian)
жирный шрифт

Español (Spanish)
n. - negrita
adj. - negrita
v. tr. - tipear en negrita

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - halvfet stil

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
黑体字, 粗体活字, 黑体的, 粗体的, 写黑体字

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 黑體字, 粗體活字
adj. - 黑體的, 粗體的
v. tr. - 寫黑體字

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 볼드 체 활자
adj. - 볼드 체의
v. tr. - ~을 볼드 체로 나타내다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 太字体, ボールド体

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حرف مطبعي أكثر سوادا و ثخنا من الحروف الأعتياديه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אותיות מודגשות, תווי-דפוס עבים‬
adj. - ‮אותיות מודגשות, מודפס בתווי-דפוס עבים‬
v. tr. - ‮אותיות מודגשות, סימן להדפסה בתווי-דפוס עבים‬

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