/ˈbɹɪŋ/
OriginFrom 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”).
- ditransitive, transitiveTo transport toward somebody/somewhere.
“Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.”
“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 s”
“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 dispos”
- figuratively, transitiveTo supply or contribute.
“The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.”
““[…]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 acc”
- transitiveTo occasion or bring about.
“Let's bring our differences to an issue.”
“The controversial TV broadcast brought a storm of complaints.”
“Seeing her brought the memories flooding back and tears to my eyes.”
- transitiveTo raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
“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.”
- 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.
“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.”
- The sound of a telephone ringing.
“Near-synonyms: ring-a-ding, ding-a-ling”
“Having a telephone was a novelty; the cat certainly thought so as Charlie would yowl every time it rang, just in case the “bring bring” sound was not sufficient enough to bring to your attention that ”
“A shrill bring bring sounded down the hall. The doorbell? Nope, the phone. I hesitated, drawn by the bath’s enticing promise. Bring bring. Let the phone ring.”
- A surname from German or Swedish.
Formsbrings(present, singular, third-person) · bringing(participle, present) · brought(past) · brought(participle, past) · broughten(dialectal, participle, past, rare) · bring(infinitive) · bring(first-person, present, singular) · brought(first-person, past, singular) · brang(dialectal, first-person, past, singular) · brung(first-person, nonstandard, past, singular) · bringed(first-person, nonstandard, past, singular) · bring(present, second-person, singular) · bringest(archaic, present, second-person, singular) · brought(past, second-person, singular) · brang(dialectal, past, second-person, singular) · brung(nonstandard, past, second-person, singular) · bringed(nonstandard, past, second-person, singular) · broughtest(archaic, past, second-person, singular) · bringeth(archaic, present, singular, third-person) · brought(past, singular, third-person)