Helen Fenton

Bring: Definition and part of speech

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Bring

  1. v. t. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what does coal bring per ton?
  2. v. t. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.
  3. v. t. To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to make to come; to produce; to draw to.
  4. v. t. To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.
  5. v. t. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brink: Definition and part of speech

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Brink

  1. n. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Briny: Definition and part of speech

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Briny

  1. a. Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.