bring

Verb

bring (third-person singular simple present brings, present participle bringing, simple past and past participle brought)

1. (transitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

   Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.

   • 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, →ISBN, page 63:

     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.

   • 1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, OCLC 16832619:

     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.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎:

     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.’

   • 2012 August 21, Pilkington, Ed, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian:

     Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.

   The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.

   • 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI:

     “ […] 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.”

3. (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     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.

4. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
   • John Locke (1632-1705)

     It seems so preposterous a thing […] that they do not easily bring themselves to it.

5. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.

   What does coal bring per ton?

6. (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.

   The closer Jones can really bring it.

Interjection

bring

1. The sound of a telephone ringing.

Derived terms

• uitbring
• wegbring

Conjugation