bring

Meanings

Verb

• To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
• To supply or contribute.
• To occasion or bring about.
• To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
• To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
• To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
• To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.

Interjection

• The sound of a telephone ringing.

Origin

• From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan ("to bring, lead, bring forth, carry, adduce, produce, present, offer"), from Proto-Germanic *bringaną ("to bring") (compare West Frisian bringe, Low German bringen, Dutch brengen, German bringen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk- (compare Welsh hebrwng ("to bring, lead"), Tocharian B pränk- ("to take away; restrain oneself, hold back"), Latvian brankti ("lying close"), Lithuanian branktas ("whiffletree")), possibly based on *bʰer-.
• Onomatopeia.