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Verb bring has 11 senses

bring, convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
--₁ is one way to transport, carry
Sample sentences:
They bring the food to the people
They bring the people the food
bring - cause to come into a particular state or condition; "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point"
--₂ is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
bring, work, play, wreak, make for - cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"
--₃ is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
bring, get, convey, fetch - go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"
--₄ is one way to transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
Antonyms: take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
bring, land - bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
--₅ is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
bring - be accompanied by; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring - bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
--₇ is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
institute, bring - avance or set forth in court; "bring charges", "institute proceedings"
--₈ is one way to make, create
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
fetch, bring in, bring - be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
bring - attract the attention of; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious"
--₁₀ is one way to attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
bring - induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well"
--₁₁ is one way to induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Sample sentence:
They bring him to write the letter