■ verb ( past and past participle brought )
1》 carry or accompany to a place.
2》 cause to move or to come into existence.
3》 cause to be in a particular state or condition: take an aspirin to ~ down your temperature.
4》 cause someone to receive (money) as income or profit: five novels brought him £150,000.
5》 [usu. with negative ] ( ~ oneself to do something ) force oneself to do something unpleasant.
6》 initiate (legal action).
Phrases
~ the house down make an audience laugh or applaud very enthusiastically.
~ something to bear exert influence or pressure.
~ something to pass chiefly literary cause something to happen.
Phrasal verbs
~ something about
1》 cause something to happen.
2》 cause a ship to head in a different direction.
~ someone down cause someone to lose power.
~ someone/thing forth archaic give birth to someone or something.
~ something forward
1》 propose an idea for consideration.
2》 [often as adjective brought forward ] (in bookkeeping) transfer a total sum from the bottom of one page to the top of the next.
~ something off achieve something successfully.
~ someone on encourage someone who is learning to develop or improve.
~ something on
1》 cause something unpleasant to occur.
↘( ~ something on/upon ) be responsible for something unpleasant that happens to (someone).
2》 (of the weather) promote the growth of crops.
~ someone out encourage someone to feel more confident.
~ something out
1》 produce and launch a new product or publication.
2》 emphasize a feature.
~ someone round (or US around )
1》 restore someone to consciousness.
2》 persuade someone to agree to something.
~ someone to restore someone to consciousness.
~ something to cause a boat to stop, especially by turning into the wind.
~ up (chiefly of a ship) come to a stop.
~ someone up look after a child until it is an adult.
~ something up
1》 vomit something.
2》 raise a matter for discussion or consideration.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
OE ~an , of Gmc origin.