bring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: brings
form: bringing
form: brought
form: brought
form: broughten
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
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form: brung
form: bringed
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Etymology: From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną (“to bring”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-, possibly based on *bʰer-.
Compare Scots bring, West Frisian bringe, Low German brengen, Dutch brengen, Afrikaans bring, German bringen; also Welsh hebrwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk- (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”).
Senses: examples: text: Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.
text: Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
ref: a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, →ISBN, page 63:
text: At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
text: A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’[…]‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time.
ref: 2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
examples: text: The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.
text: “[…]it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To supply or contribute.
examples: text: The controversial TV broadcast brought a storm of complaints.
text: Seeing her brought the memories flooding back and tears to my eyes.
glosses: To occasion or bring about.
examples: text: It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
ref: 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
glosses: To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
examples: text: It seems so preposterous a thing[…]that they do not easily bring themselves to it.
ref: 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 11:
glosses: To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
examples: text: What does coal bring per ton?
glosses: To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
examples: text: The closer Jones can really bring it.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from "bring"
word: April showers bring May flowers
sense: Terms derived from "bring"
word: bring about
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word: bring a knife to a gunfight
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word: bring along
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word: bring a lump to someone's throat
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word: bring-and-braai
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word: bring-and-buy
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word: bring-and-buy sale
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word: bring an end to
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word: bring around
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word: bring away
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word: bring back
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word: bring centre
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word: bring coals to Newcastle
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word: bringdown
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word: bring down
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word: bring down a notch
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word: bring down a peg
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word: bring down on
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word: bring down the curtain
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word: bring down the hammer
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word: bring down the house
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word: bring down to size
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word: bringer
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word: bring forth
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word: bring forward
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word: bring forwards
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word: bring home
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word: bring home the bacon
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word: bring in
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word: bring-in
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word: bring into being
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word: bring into line
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word: bring into play
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word: bring it
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word: bring it on
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word: bring it weak
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word: bring low
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word: bring off
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word: bring on
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word: bring one's arse to an anchor
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word: bring one's arse to anchor
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word: bring one's ass to an anchor
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word: bring one's ass to anchor
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word: bring oneself away
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word: bring oneself to
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word: bring one's own hide to market
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word: bring out
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word: bring out in a rash
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word: bring out of oneself
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word: bring over
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word: bring owls to Athens
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word: bring round
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word: bring sand to the beach
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word: bring someone to their knees
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word: bring suit
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word: bring the curtain down
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word: bring the house down
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word: bring the lumber
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word: bring the wood
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word: bring through
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word: bring to
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word: bring to a boil
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word: bring to a close
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word: bring to a head
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word: bring to an end
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word: bring to bear
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word: bring to bed
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word: bring to book
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word: bring together
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word: bring to ground
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word: bring to heel
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word: bring to justice
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word: bring to life
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word: bring to light
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word: bring to mind
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word: bring to naught
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word: bring to nought
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word: bring to one's knees
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word: bring to order
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word: bring to pass
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word: bring to terms
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word: bring to the hammer
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word: bring to the table
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word: bring under
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word: bring up
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word: bring up against
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word: bring upon
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word: bring up short
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word: bring up the rear
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word: bring up to
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word: bring with
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word: carry-go-bring-come
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word: forebring
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word: forthbring
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word: fullbring
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word: inbring
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word: interbring
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word: outbring
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word: underbring
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word: upbring