📖 B — The English dictionary · page 49

bringest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «bringest» means «you bring», a form of «bring»: To bring is to carry something to a place where someone is: «Bring your book to school».↗ Example: And when thou bringest a meal-offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil.↗ (Torah LEV.2.4, JPS 1917) · Now, when the Jews who were inside there saw the little ram, they began shrieking and said, "What art thou thinking of, O man! that thou bringest that little ram into the room?↗ (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) · Thou bringest them in, and plantest them in the mountain of Thine inheritance, the place, O LORD, which Thou hast made for Thee to dwell in, the sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy hands have established.↗ (Torah EXO.15.17, JPS 1917)

bringeth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «bringeth» means «brings», a form of «bring»: To bring is to carry something to a place where someone is: «Bring your book to school».↗ Example: and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things; for I am the LORD who sanctify them.↗ (Torah LEV.22.16, JPS 1917) · For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, springing forth in valleys and hills;↗ (Torah DEU.8.7, JPS 1917) · And when any one bringeth a meal-offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon.↗ (Torah LEV.2.1, JPS 1917)

brink — Everyday, meaning 1: The edge of a cliff, a steep place or water.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The point where something very good or very bad is about to happen: on the brink of war, on the brink of a discovery.↗ Example: The tiger is on the brink of extinction.↗ · The two countries were on the brink of war.↗ · We stood at the brink of the cliff.↗ · She was on the brink of tears.↗ · Scientists are on the brink of a great discovery.↗ · The team was on the brink of winning the cup.↗ · Crying thus to himself, Iktomi stepped to the water's brink.↗ · And Pharaoh spoke unto Joseph: 'In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river.↗ (Torah GEN.41.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.↗ (Torah GEN.41.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.↗ (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917)↗ · The mosses by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all that is sown by the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more.↗ (Prophets ISA.19.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying: When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan.'↗ (Prophets JOS.3.8, JPS 1917)↗

briny — Everyday, meaning 1: Briny means salty, like sea water.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) «The briny» means the sea.↗ Example: The briny sea splashed on the rocks.↗ · Crabs live in briny water.↗ · We sailed out onto the briny.↗

brioche — Everyday, meaning 1: A soft, sweet French bread made with eggs and butter, often shaped like a bun with a little top knot.↗ Example: I had a brioche with jam for breakfast.↗ · The burger came in a shiny brioche bun.↗ · Brioche is softer and sweeter than normal bread.↗ · We baked brioche in French class.↗ · The baker brushed the brioche with egg so it would shine.↗

brisk — Everyday, meaning 1: Brisk means quick and energetic («a brisk walk»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Brisk weather is cold and fresh.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A brisk manner is quick and businesslike, sometimes a bit short.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Brisk business or trade is busy, with lots of buying and selling.↗ Example: We went for a brisk walk after lunch.↗ · It was a brisk autumn morning.↗ · The nurse was kind but brisk.↗ · Ice cream sales were brisk on the hot day.↗ · Rat rowed at a brisk pace.↗ · A brisk wind blew off the sea.↗ · The brisk wind which stirred the fire also played with a squeaky old tree beside Iktomi's wigwam.↗

brisket — Everyday, meaning 1: Meat cut from the chest of a cow, cooked slowly until it is soft.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The brisket is the front of the chest, below the neck.↗ Example: Dad smoked a beef brisket for eight hours.↗ · Brisket is tough unless you cook it slowly.↗ · Grandma makes brisket for family holidays.↗ · The barbecue restaurant is famous for its brisket.↗ · We had brisket sandwiches at the fair.↗ · At last he cried, “Cleave him to the brisket!” but without conviction.↗

briskly — Everyday, meaning 1: Briskly means quickly and with energy, in a lively way.↗ Example: She walked briskly across the glass floor.↗ · Tink sat up briskly in bed.↗ · He shook his ears briskly and said nothing.↗

bristle — Everyday, meaning 1: A short, stiff hair, like the hairs on a toothbrush, a brush or a pig's back.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) When an animal's hair or fur stands up stiffly because it is scared or angry.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To suddenly show you are annoyed or offended.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «bristle with» means to be full of or covered with many things.↗ Example: My toothbrush has soft bristles.↗ · Change your toothbrush when the bristles get bent.↗ · The cat's fur bristled when the big dog came near.↗ · A hedgehog's back is covered in stiff spines, not soft bristles.↗ · Paint brushes have bristles made of hair or plastic.↗ · Dad bristled when someone called him lazy.↗ · The old castle wall bristled with arrows.↗ · If a dog's back hair bristles, give it space.↗ · There sat Gray Brother, every bristle on his back lifted.↗

bristly — Everyday, meaning 1: Covered with short, stiff hairs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Stiff and rough like bristles.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Easily annoyed or quick to get angry.↗ Example: Dad's chin is bristly in the morning.↗ · A hedgehog's back is bristly.↗ · The new brush is very bristly.↗ · The caterpillar had bristly hairs – don't touch it!↗ · The headteacher was a bit bristly today.↗

brit — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) A person from Britain (the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Brits) British people in general, often as tourists.↗ e.g. Brits abroad.↗ Example: My American pen pal calls me "the Brit".↗ · Lots of Brits go to Spain on holiday.↗ · As a typical Brit, he talks about the weather a lot.↗ · The Brits won three gold medals.↗ · (Australia) Some Aussies call Brits "Poms" as a joke.↗ · She's a Brit living in Canada.↗ · Barges''*) quotes, from the Paris Cod.↗ 7()'2 the following passage, which occurs also in the Brit.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

british — Everyday, meaning 1: British means from or about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or its people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The British are the people of the UK.↗ Example: She is British and lives in London.↗ · British English spells «colour» with a u.↗ · The British drink a lot of tea.↗ · The British Isles include Great Britain and Ireland.↗ · My cousin has a British passport.↗ · Many British towns have a high street.↗ · British money uses pounds and pence.↗ · No other version is known in the British Isles.↗ · A MSS. copy dated 1719, in the British Museum.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · I add here the full titles of the three Latin versions; they are all to be found in the British Museum Library.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · I add here the full titles of the three Latin versions ; they are all to be found in the British Museum Library.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

briton — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) A person from Britain; a British citizen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (history) One of the Ancient Britons, the Celtic people who lived in Britain before and during the time of the Romans.↗ Example: The Ancient Britons lived in roundhouses.↗ · Boudicca led the Britons against the Romans.↗ · (formal) Three Britons were rescued from the mountain.↗ · A Briton won the tennis final.↗ · The Romans called the people of Britain "Britanni", the Britons.↗ · Many Britons now live abroad.↗

brittle — Everyday, meaning 1: Brittle means hard but easily broken, snapping or cracking instead of bending: brittle glass, brittle bones, dry brittle leaves.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A brittle voice, laugh or mood sounds sharp and tense, as if it might break.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Brittle (peanut brittle) is a hard sweet made of melted sugar with nuts in it.↗ Example: Glass is hard but brittle.↗ · The old plastic toy was brittle and cracked.↗ · Dry autumn leaves are brittle and crunchy.↗ · Calcium stops your bones getting brittle.↗ · Ice can be brittle and shatter.↗ · Grandma's old letters were yellow and brittle.↗ · Her laugh sounded brittle and nervous.↗ · We made peanut brittle at Christmas.↗ · It was built entirely of porcelain, and very costly, but so delicate and brittle that whoever touched it was obliged to be careful.↗

broad — Everyday, meaning 1: Broad means wide from one side to the other.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Broad means including many different things, general rather than detailed.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «In broad daylight» means openly, in full daylight.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A broad accent is strong and easy to notice.↗ Example: The river is broad near the sea.↗ · He has broad shoulders.↗ · She gave a broad smile.↗ · Science is a broad subject.↗ · The bike was stolen in broad daylight.↗ · The library has a broad range of books.↗ · He speaks with a broad Scottish accent.↗ · “How did you get such broad broad shoulders?”↗ · And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be four-square; and the height thereof shall be three cubits.↗ (Torah EXO.27.1, JPS 1917)↗ · The whole creation is thus contemplated as a pyramid, terminating in a point at the top with a broad basis.↗ [See Dr. Graetz's Gnosticismus, p. 224.]↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · And for the house he made windows broad within, and narrow without.↗ (Prophets 1KI.6.4, JPS 1917)↗ · The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.↗ (Writings JOB.11.9, JPS 1917)↗ · I have seen an end to every purpose; but Thy commandment is exceeding broad.↗ (Writings PSA.119.96, JPS 1917)↗

broadband — Everyday, meaning 1: Broadband is a fast internet connection that can send a lot of information at once, used in homes, schools and offices.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Broadband describes something that uses or covers a wide range of frequencies.↗ Example: Our broadband stopped working, so we couldn't stream the film.↗ · Mum is paying for faster broadband.↗ · Fibre broadband uses cables made of glass.↗ · The village still has slow broadband.↗ · Many schools have broadband in every classroom.↗ · The broadband speed is 50 megabits per second.↗

broadcast — Everyday, meaning 1: To broadcast means to send out a programme on television, radio or the internet.↗ e.g. "the match will be broadcast live".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A broadcast is a programme sent out on TV, radio or online.↗ e.g. "a news broadcast".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To broadcast news or a secret means to tell lots of people.↗ e.g. "don't broadcast it".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (farming, old) To broadcast seeds means to scatter them widely by hand.↗ Example: The football final is broadcast live on TV.↗ · We listened to the news broadcast on the radio.↗ · The school play was broadcast online for grandparents.↗ · The broadcast starts at 6:30 and lasts 30 minutes.↗ · Don't broadcast my secret to the whole class!↗ · The farmer broadcast the seeds across the field.↗ · The radio station broadcasts music all night.↗

broadcaster — Everyday, meaning 1: A company that sends out radio or TV programmes, such as the BBC.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person who speaks on radio or TV, presenting news or programmes.↗ Example: The BBC is a British broadcaster.↗ · David Attenborough is a famous nature broadcaster.↗ · The broadcaster showed the match live.↗ · She wants to be a sports broadcaster.↗ · Public broadcasters are paid for by the public.↗ · The broadcaster apologised for the mistake.↗

broadly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a general way, without all the details, as in «broadly speaking».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Widely and openly, as in «she smiled broadly» (a big, wide smile).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Mostly or on the whole, as in «I broadly agree».↗ Example: Broadly speaking, our class enjoyed the trip.↗ · He smiled broadly when he got his medal.↗ · The two results were broadly the same.↗ · I broadly agree with your idea.↗ · The plan was broadly accepted by the council.↗ · Broadly, plants need light, water and air.↗ · She grinned broadly at the joke.↗

brocade — Everyday, meaning 1: Brocade is a rich cloth woven with patterns, often with gold or silver thread.↗ Example: The queen wore a gown of silver brocade.↗ · They showed us splendid velvets and brocades.↗ · The lining was pink roses on silver brocade.↗

broccoli — Everyday, meaning 1: Broccoli is a green vegetable with a thick stalk and many small tight flower buds on top that look like tiny trees.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A floret is one small piece of the broccoli head.↗ Example: Broccoli looks like a little green tree.↗ · Eat your broccoli; it's good for you.↗ · We steamed the broccoli for five minutes.↗ · Broccoli has lots of vitamin C.↗ · The broccoli florets went into the stir-fry.↗ · My dog likes broccoli stalks.↗ · The part of broccoli we eat is the flower buds.↗ · If broccoli turns yellow, it is old.↗