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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bring \Bring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brought; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bringing.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian,
     D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth.
     briggan.]
     1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be;
        to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her,
              and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread.
                                                    --1 Kings
                                                    xvii. 11.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To France shall we convey you safe,
              And bring you back.                   --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to
        make to come; to produce; to draw to.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There is nothing will bring you more honor . . .
              than to do what right in justice you may. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In distillation, the water . . . brings over with it
              some part of the oil of vitriol.      --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It seems so preposterous a thing . . . that they do
              not easily bring themselves to it.    --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The nature of the things . . . would not suffer him
              to think otherwise, how, or whensoever, he is
              brought to reflect on them.           --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what
        does coal bring per ton?
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To bring about, to bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish.
        
  
     To bring back.
        (a) To recall.
        (b) To restore, as something borrowed, to its owner.
  
     To bring by the lee (Naut.), to incline so rapidly to
        leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to
        bring the lee side suddenly to the windward, any by laying
        the sails aback, expose her to danger of upsetting.
  
     To bring down.
        (a) To cause to come down.
        (b) To humble or abase; as, to bring down high looks.
  
     To bring down the house, to cause tremendous applause.
        [Colloq.]
  
     To bring forth.
        (a) To produce, as young fruit.
        (b) To bring to light; to make manifest.
  
     To bring forward
        (a) To exhibit; to introduce; to produce to view.
        (b) To hasten; to promote; to forward.
        (c) To propose; to adduce; as, to bring forward arguments.
            
  
     To bring home.
        (a) To bring to one's house.
        (b) To prove conclusively; as, to bring home a charge of
            treason.
        (c) To cause one to feel or appreciate by personal
            experience.
        (d) (Naut.) To lift of its place, as an anchor.
  
     To bring in.
        (a) To fetch from without; to import.
        (b) To introduce, as a bill in a deliberative assembly.
        (c) To return or repot to, or lay before, a court or other
            body; to render; as, to bring in a verdict or a
            report.
        (d) To take to an appointed place of deposit or
            collection; as, to bring in provisions or money for a
            specified object.
        (e) To produce, as income.
        (f) To induce to join.
  
     To bring off, to bear or convey away; to clear from
        condemnation; to cause to escape.
  
     To bring on.
        (a) To cause to begin.
        (b) To originate or cause to exist; as, to bring on a
            disease.
  
     To bring one on one's way, to accompany, guide, or attend
        one.
  
     To bring out, to expose; to detect; to bring to light from
        concealment.
  
     To bring over.
        (a) To fetch or bear across.
        (b) To convert by persuasion or other means; to cause to
            change sides or an opinion.
  
     To bring to.
        (a) To resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or
            life, as a fainting person.
        (b) (Naut.) To check the course of, as of a ship, by
            dropping the anchor, or by counterbracing the sails so
            as to keep her nearly stationary (she is then said to
            lie to).
        (c) To cause (a vessel) to lie to, as by firing across her
            course.
        (d) To apply a rope to the capstan.
  
     To bring to light, to disclose; to discover; to make clear;
        to reveal.
  
     To bring a sail to (Naut.), to bend it to the yard.
  
     To bring to pass, to accomplish to effect. ``Trust also in
        Him; and He shall bring it to pass.'' --Ps. xxxvii. 5.
  
     To bring under, to subdue; to restrain; to reduce to
        obedience.
  
     To bring up.
        (a) To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate.
        (b) To cause to stop suddenly.
        (c)
  
     Note: [v. i. by dropping the reflexive pronoun] To stop
           suddenly; to come to a standstill. [Colloq.]
  
     To bring up (any one) with a round turn, to cause (any one)
        to stop abruptly. [Colloq.]
  
     To be brought to bed. See under Bed.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To fetch; bear; carry; convey; transport; import;
          procure; produce; cause; adduce; induce.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bring \Bring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brought; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bringing.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian,
     D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth.
     briggan.]
     1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be;
        to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.
  
              And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her,
              and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread.
                                                    --1 Kings
                                                    xvii. 11.
  
              To France shall we convey you safe, And bring you
              back.                                 --Shak.
  
     2. To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to
        make to come; to produce; to draw to.
  
              There is nothing will bring you more honor . . .
              than to do what right in justice you may. --Bacon.
  
     3. To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.
  
              In distillation, the water . . . brings over with it
              some part of the oil of vitriol.      --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
  
     4. 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.    --Locke.
  
              The nature of the things . . . would not suffer him
              to think otherwise, how, or whensoever, he is
              brought to reflect on them.           --Locke.
  
     5. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what
        does coal bring per ton?
  
     To bring about, to bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish.
        
  
     To bring back.
        (a) To recall.
        (b) To restore, as something borrowed, to its owner.
  
     To bring by the lee (Naut.), to incline so rapidly to
        leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to
        bring the lee side suddenly to the windward, any by laying
        the sails aback, expose her to danger of upsetting.
  
     To bring down.
        (a) To cause to come down.
        (b) To humble or abase; as, to bring down high looks.
  
     To bring down the house, to cause tremendous applause.
        [Colloq.]
  
     To bring forth.
        (a) To produce, as young fruit.
        (b) To bring to light; to make manifest.
  
     To bring forward
        (a) To exhibit; to introduce; to produce to view.
        (b) To hasten; to promote; to forward.
        (c) To propose; to adduce; as, to bring forward arguments.
            
  
     To bring home.
        (a) To bring to one's house.
        (b) To prove conclusively; as, to bring home a charge of
            treason.
        (c) To cause one to feel or appreciate by personal
            experience.
        (d) (Naut.) To lift of its place, as an anchor.
  
     To bring in.
        (a) To fetch from without; to import.
        (b) To introduce, as a bill in a deliberative assembly.
        (c) To return or repot to, or lay before, a court or other
            body; to render; as, to bring in a verdict or a
            report.
        (d) To take to an appointed place of deposit or
            collection; as, to bring in provisions or money for a
            specified object.
        (e) To produce, as income.
        (f) To induce to join.
  
     To bring off, to bear or convey away; to clear from
        condemnation; to cause to escape.
  
     To bring on.
        (a) To cause to begin.
        (b) To originate or cause to exist; as, to bring on a
            disease.
  
     To bring one on one's way, to accompany, guide, or attend
        one.
  
     To bring out, to expose; to detect; to bring to light from
        concealment.
  
     To bring over.
        (a) To fetch or bear across.
        (b) To convert by persuasion or other means; to cause to
            change sides or an opinion.
  
     To bring to.
        (a) To resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or
            life, as a fainting person.
        (b) (Naut.) To check the course of, as of a ship, by
            dropping the anchor, or by counterbracing the sails so
            as to keep her nearly stationary (she is then said to
            lie to).
        (c) To cause (a vessel) to lie to, as by firing across her
            course.
        (d) To apply a rope to the capstan.
  
     To bring to light, to disclose; to discover; to make clear;
        to reveal.
  
     To bring a sail to (Naut.), to bend it to the yard.
  
     To bring to pass, to accomplish to effect. ``Trust also in
        Him; and He shall bring it to pass.'' --Ps. xxxvii. 5.
  
     To bring under, to subdue; to restrain; to reduce to
        obedience.
  
     To bring up.
        (a) To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate.
        (b) To cause to stop suddenly.
        (c)
  
     Note: [v. i. by dropping the reflexive pronoun] To stop
           suddenly; to come to a standstill. [Colloq.]
  
     To bring up (any one) with a round turn, to cause (any one)
        to stop abruptly. [Colloq.]
  
     To be brought to bed. See under Bed.
  
     Syn: To fetch; bear; carry; convey; transport; import;
          procure; produce; cause; adduce; induce.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  bring
       v 1: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me
            the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the
            boss"; "This brings me to the main point" [syn: convey,
             take]
       2: cause to come into a particular state or condition; "Long
          hard years of on the job training had brought them to
          their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point"
       3: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work
          a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a
          joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken
          area" [syn: work, play, wreak, make for]
       4: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books
          over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog
          fetched the hat" [syn: get, convey, fetch] [ant: take
          away]
       5: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
          [syn: land]
       6: be accompanied by; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?"
       7: bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to
          the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She
          brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a
          light note to the program" [syn: lend, impart, bestow,
           contribute, add]
       8: avance or set forth in court; "bring charges", "institute
          proceedings" [syn: institute]
       9: be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000";
          "The old print fetched a high price at the auction" [syn:
          fetch, bring in]
       10: attract the attention of; "The noise and the screaming
           brought the curious"
       11: induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused
           brought the others to admit to the crime as well"
       [also: brought]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bring
     Αγγλικά interj.
     ο ήχος ενός τηλέφωνο που χτυπάω
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (ετ μτβ en)
     2 # (''δίπτωτος'') το να μεταφέρω κάτι σε κάποιον, φέρνω
     3 # (ετ μτφρ en) το να παρέχω κάτι ή συνεισφέρω σε κάτι
     4 # προξενώ, προκαλώ
     5 # εγείρω αγωγή
     6 ρίχνω, κάνω κάποιον ή κάτι να βρίσκεται σε μια συγκεκριμένη
  κατάσταση ή μέρος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bring
     Danish vb.
     (infl of da bringe  imp)
     Garo n.
     jungle, forest
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm bryngen)
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     (inflection of nb bringe  imp)
     vb.
     (lb en transitive ditransitive) To transport toward
  somebody/somewhere.
     interj.
     The sound of a telephone ringing.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bRing
     Kavalan n.
     (lb ckv anatomy) ribs

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  bring
     vb.
     (lb en transitive ditransitive) To transport toward
  somebody/somewhere.
     interj.
     The sound of a telephone ringing.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  bring
     German vb.
     (verb form of de bringen  imp s)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm bryngen)
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     (inflection of nb bringe  imp)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  bring
     German vb.
     (verb form of de bringen  imp s)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm bryngen)
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     (inflection of nb bringe  imp)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bring
     Saksa vb.
     (de-v-taivm: bring)
     Tanska vb.
     (da-v-taivm: bring)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bring
     Engelska vb.
     1 inbringa
     2 frambringa
     3 bringa, förmå
     4 kalla
     5 anföra

From Afrikaans-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 : [ freedict:afr-deu ]


  bring /brˈəŋ/
  bringen, anbringen, eintragen, heranbringen, überbringen

From Afrikaans-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:afr-eng ]


  bring /brˈəŋ/
  bring, fetch

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  bring /bɹˈɪŋ/
  aanbring, aandra, aandraag, bring

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  bring /bɹˈɪŋ/
  meebring, saambring

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  bring /bɹˈɪŋ/
  oplei

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Bring /bɹˈɪŋ/
  أحضر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  bring //ˈbɹɪŋ// 
  дове́ждам, дона́сям
  to transport toward somebody/somewhere