Bring

Bring

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Brought; p. pr. & vb. n. Bringing

  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.
  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.
  3. To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.
    In distillation, the water . . . brings over with it some part of the oil of vitriol.
  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.
    The nature of the things . . . would not suffer him to think otherwise, how, or whensoever, he is brought to reflect on them.
  5. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what does coal bring per ton?

Phrases & Compounds
To bring about
to bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish.
To bring back
To recall.
To bring by the lee
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
To cause to come down.
To bring down the house
to cause tremendous applause.
To bring forth
To produce, as young fruit.
To bring forward
To exhibit; to introduce; to produce to view.
To bring home
To bring to one's house.
To bring in
To fetch from without; to import.
To bring off
to bear or convey away; to clear from condemnation; to cause to escape.
To bring on
To cause to begin.
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
To fetch or bear across.
To bring to
To resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or life, as a fainting person.
To bring to light
to disclose; to discover; to make clear; to reveal.
To bring a sail to
to bend it to the yard.
To bring to pass
to accomplish to effect.
To bring under
to subdue; to restrain; to reduce to obedience.
To bring up
To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate.
To bring up (any one) with a round turn
to cause (any one) to stop abruptly.
To be brought to bed
See under Bed.