bring

Verb

bring (third-person singular simple present brings, present participle bringing, simple past brought or (colloquial, dialectal) brang, past participle brought or (colloquial, dialectal) brung or (rare, dialectal) broughten)

1. (ditransitive, transitive) To 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 swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be...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...
2. (figuratively, transitive) To 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 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, →OCLC
3. (transitive) To occasion or bring about.
   • Let's bring our differences to an issue.
   • The controversial TV broadcast brought a storm of complaints.
4. (transitive) To 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.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.
   • 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, […], →OCLC, book I, page 11
6. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
   • What does coal bring per ton?
7. To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
   • The closer Jones can really bring it.
8. 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.

Interjection

1. 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 someone was attempting to contact you telephonically.2011, Angela Russell, “Keeping House”, in Thatcher’s Children: An Account of Growing Up and Surviving in the 1980s, [Tyneside]: Grimalhame Press, →ISBN, chapter 2 (Staying In), page 28

   Synonyms:

   ringaling, tingaling, ring-a-ding, ding-a-ling

Proper noun capitalized: Bring

Bring

1. A surname from German or Swedish.