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verb- bestow a quality on
"Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
lend impart bestow contribute add bring
- bring into a different state
"this may land you in jail"
bring land
- induce or persuade
"The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well"
bring
- go or come after and bring or take back
"Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"
bring get convey fetch
- be accompanied by
"Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?"
bring
- cause to come into a particular state or condition
"Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point"
bring
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
"I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"
bring work play wreak make for
- advance or set forth in court
"bring charges", "institute proceedings"
institute bring
- attract the attention of
"The noise and the screaming brought the curious"
bring
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
"Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
bring convey take
- be sold for a certain price
"The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction"
fetch bring in bring
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University