bring

• carry with, take with; present
if you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
if you bring something to a different place or position, you move it there.
if you bring something to someone, you fetch it for them or carry it to them.
when something causes people to come to a place, you can say that it brings them there.
to bring someone or something into a particular state or condition means to cause them to be in that state or condition.
to bring something such as a new product or a new fashion to a particular place means to introduce it to that place.
if something brings a particular feeling, situation, or quality, it causes it.
if you cannot bring yourself to do something, you cannot make yourself do it.
if you bring a legal action against someone, you officially accuse them of doing something unlawful.
see also brought.
to bring something about means to cause it to happen.
if you bring someone or something along, you bring them with you when you come to a place.
if something brings back a memory, it makes you start thinking about it.
when people bring back a fashion or practice that existed at an earlier time, they introduce it again.
to bring down a government or ruler means to cause them to lose power.
if you bring forward a meeting or an event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier time than had been planned.
if you bring forward an argument or proposal, you state it so that people can consider it.
when a government or organization brings in a new law or system, they introduce it.
to bring in money or other resources means to earn or create them.
if you bring off something difficult, you succeed in doing it; an informal expression.
when a person or company brings out a new product, they produce it and sell it.
if something brings out a particular kind of behaviour in you, it causes you to behave in that way.
if someone is unconscious and you bring them round, you make them conscious again.
if someone disagrees with you and you bring them round or bring them around, you cause them to change their opinion and to agree with you.
if you bring someone to, you revive them and make them conscious again after they have been unconscious.
to bring up a child means to look after it until it is grown up.
if you bring up a particular subject, you introduce it into a discussion or conversation.
if you bring up food, you vomit.