English Explanatory Dictionary

bring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
To supply or contribute.
To occasion or bring about.
To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
To move a piece into a more active position, esp. to initially develop it.

intj

The sound of a telephone ringing.

name

A surname from German or Swedish.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹɪŋ/ en-us-bring.ogg En-uk-to bring.ogg /ˈbɹɪŋɡ/ /ʙɹɪŋ/

Word forms

bring brings bringing brought broughten no-table-tags glossary brang brung bringed bringest broughtest bringeth

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”).

Synonyms

Related words

brring brrring busy signal dial tone ding ding ding ding-dong ring

Derived words

April showers bring May flowers bring about bring a knife to a gunfight bring along bring a lump to someone's throat bring-and-braai bring-and-buy bring-and-buy sale bring an end to bring around bring away bring back bring centre bring coals to Newcastle bring down bringdown bring down a notch bring down a peg bring down on bring down the curtain bring down the hammer bring down the house bring down to size bringer bring forth bring forward bring forwards bring home bring home the bacon bring in bring-in bring into being bring into line bring into play bring it bring it on bring it weak bring low bring off bring on bring one's arse to an anchor bring one's arse to anchor bring one's ass to an anchor bring one's ass to anchor bring oneself away bring oneself to bring one's own hide to market bring out bring out in a rash bring out of oneself bring out of the woodwork bring over bring owls to Athens bring round bring sand to the beach bring someone to their knees bring suit bring the curtain down bring the house down bring the lumber

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