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bring
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b???/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan (“to bring, lead, bring forth, carry, adduce, produce, present, offer”), from Proto-Germanic *bringan? (“to bring”) (compare West Frisian bringe, Low German bringen, Dutch brengen, German bringen), from Proto-Indo-European *b?renk- (compare Welsh hebrwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk- (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”)).
Verb
bring (third-person singular simple present brings, present participle bringing, simple past and past participle brought)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
- 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.
- (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
- “ […] 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.”
- (transitive) To occasion or bring about.
- The controversial TV broadcast brought a storm of complaints.
- (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
- To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
- It seems so preposterous a thing […] that they do not easily bring themselves to it.
- To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
- (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
Conjugation
Usage notes
- Past brang and past participle brung and broughten forms are sometimes used in some dialects, especially in informal speech.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Onomatopeia.
Interjection
bring
- The sound of a telephone ringing.
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- breng (archaic)
Etymology
From Dutch bringen, a dialectal variant of standard brengen (“to bring”). Both forms were originally distinct, though related, verbs, but were early on conflated.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /br??/
Verb
bring (present bring, present participle bringende, past participle gebring)
- (transitive) to bring; to deliver
- (transitive) to take; to lead (to another place)
- Bring asseblief hierdie borde kombuis toe.
- Please, take these dishes to the kitchen.
- Bring asseblief hierdie borde kombuis toe.
Derived terms
- uitbring
- wegbring
Danish
Verb
bring
- imperative of bringe
Garo
Etymology
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Noun
bring
- jungle, forest
German
Pronunciation
Verb
bring
- imperative singular of bringen
Middle English
Verb
bring
- Alternative form of bryngen
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian bringa, which derives from Proto-Germanic *bringan?. Cognates include West Frisian bringe.
Verb
bring
- (Föhr-Amrum), (Heligoland) to bring
Conjugation
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
bring
- imperative of bringe
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /br??/
Verb
bring (third-person singular present brings, present participle bringin, past brocht, past participle brocht)
- To bring.
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fletch
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French flèche (“an arrow”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fl?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Noun
fletch (plural fletches)
- (archery) The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight.
- (fisheries) A large boneless fillet of halibut, swordfish or tuna.
Synonyms
- (vane of arrow): feather, flight
Verb
fletch (third-person singular simple present fletches, present participle fletching, simple past and past participle fletched)
- (transitive) To feather, as an arrow.
Derived terms
- fletcher
- fletching
Related terms
- fledge
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