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  • 1Ship commissioning — Hundreds attend the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan …

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  • 2bring to — {v.} (stress on to ) 1. To restore to consciousness; wake from sleep, anesthesia, hypnosis, or fainting. * /Smelling salts will often bring a fainting person to./ Compare: BRING AROUND(1). 2. To bring a ship or boat to a stop. * /Reaching the… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3bring to — {v.} (stress on to ) 1. To restore to consciousness; wake from sleep, anesthesia, hypnosis, or fainting. * /Smelling salts will often bring a fainting person to./ Compare: BRING AROUND(1). 2. To bring a ship or boat to a stop. * /Reaching the… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 4bring\ to — v (stress on to ) 1. To restore to consciousness; wake from sleep, anesthesia, hypnosis, or fainting. Smelling salts will often bring a fainting person to. Compare: bring around(1) 2. To bring a ship or boat to a stop. Reaching the pier, he… …

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  • 5Bring — Bring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bringing}.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth. briggan.] 1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be;… …

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  • 6bring — [briŋ] vt. brought, bringing [ME bringen < OE bringan < IE base * bhrenk , *bronk > Welsh he brwng, to bring, lead] 1. to carry or lead (a person or thing) to the place thought of as “here” or to a place where the speaker will be [bring… …

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  • 7bring about — ► bring about 1) cause (something) to happen. 2) cause (a ship) to head in a different direction. Main Entry: ↑bring …

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  • 8bring up — ► bring up 1) look after (a child) until it is an adult. 2) raise (a matter) for discussion. 3) (of a ship) come to a stop. Main Entry: ↑bring …

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  • 9ship the oars — 1. To put the oars in the rowlocks 2. To bring the oars into the boat • • • Main Entry: ↑ship …

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  • 10bring — /brɪŋ / (say bring) verb (t) (brought, bringing) 1. to cause to come with oneself; take along to the place or person sought; conduct or convey. 2. to cause to come, as to a recipient or possessor, to the mind or knowledge, into a particular… …