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bring to bed

bring to bed verb: to deliver of a child.

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, usually in the passive voice) To deliver of a child.
    • His wife was brought to bed of a daughter that evening.
    • However, after they had lived in this way for some time, Mrs Leeson, to her own surprise and that of everybody else, found herself in the family way, and was brought to bed of as lovely a little boy as eyes ever looked upon.1842, Catherine Crowe, Susan Hopley, Or, The Adventures of a Maid-servant

Forms of bring to bed

third-person singular presentbrings to bed
present participlebringing to bed
past participlebrought to bed
pastbrought to bed

Questions about bring to bed

What does bring to bed mean?
Bring to bed means to deliver of a child.
What part of speech is bring to bed?
Bring to bed is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring to bed?
The past tense of bring to bed is brought to bed.

Words near bring to bed in the dictionary

  1. bring to a boil
  2. bring to a close
  3. bring to a head
  4. bring to an end
  5. bring to bear
  6. bring to bed
  7. bring to book
  8. bring to ground
  9. bring to heel
  10. bring to justice
  11. bring to life

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