1. Noun
Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
2. Noun
Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
3. Noun
To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.
4. Noun
To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
5. Noun
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
6. Verb
expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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