bring.
To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
Meaning & usage
To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.
To supply or contribute.
The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.
To occasion or bring about.
Let's bring our differences to an issue.
The controversial TV broadcast brought a storm of complaints.
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.
What does coal bring per ton?
To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
The closer Jones can really bring it.
To move a piece into a more active position, esp. to initially develop it.
You want to bring the rook and then start pushing your pawns.
Where this word comes from
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”).
The sound of a telephone ringing.
Where this word comes from
Onomatopoeia.
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