Definition of "bring"

bring¹

/ˈbɹɪŋ/

verb
third-person singular simple present brings, present participle bringing, simple past brought, past participle brought or (rare, dialectal) broughten
1. (transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
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  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 swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
  a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, page 63
  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.
  1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […]
  A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
  1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎
  Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time.
  2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian
2. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
  Quotations
  “ […] 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.”
  1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company
3. (transitive) To occasion or bring about.
4. (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
  Quotations
  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.
  2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
5. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
  Quotations
  It seems so preposterous a thing […] that they do not easily bring themselves to it.
  1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], book I, page 11
6. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
7. (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.

bring²

/ˈbɹɪŋ/

interjection
1. The sound of a telephone ringing.

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