单词 | to bring to |
释义 | > as lemmasto bring to to bring to 1. Nautical (transitive) To fasten, tie, bend. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > attach or affix [verb (transitive)] fastenOE fasta1225 tachec1315 to-seta1340 catcha1350 affichea1382 to put ona1382 tacka1387 to put to1396 adjoina1400 attach?a1400 bend1399 spyndec1400 to-tachc1400 affixc1448 complexc1470 setc1480 attouch1483 found?1541 obligate1547 patch1549 alligate1563 dight1572 inyoke1595 infixa1616 wreathe1643 adlige1650 adhibit1651 oblige1656 adent1658 to bring to1681 engage1766 superfix1766 to lap on1867 accrete1870 1681 London Gaz. No. 1666/4 In the night they mended their Rigging, brought new Sails to the Yards. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Bring-to, to bend, as to bring-to a sail to the yard. 2. To cause (a ship) to come to a standstill. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > bring to a standstill to bring to1753 to bring up1820 snub1841 1753 Scots Mag. Aug. 415/2 A guarda costa..fired a gun to bring them to. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Bring to,..to check the course of a ship..by arranging the sails in such a manner as that they shall counter-act each other. 1803 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 81 At 6.30 brought to the Vrow Agneta, Dutch Brig. 3. intransitive (for reflexive or absol.) Of a ship or her crew: To come to a standstill; transferred to stop, ‘pull up’. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop abideOE atstandc1000 steveneta1225 atstuntc1230 to make, take, etc., stallc1275 stema1300 astandc1314 withstanda1325 stintc1374 arrestc1400 stotec1400 stayc1440 steadc1475 stop short1530 disadvance1610 come1611 consist1611 check1635 halt1656 to bring to1697 to draw up1767 to bring up1769 to pull up1781 to fetch up1838 to come to a standstill1852 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > come to a standstill to bring to1697 to come to1726 1697 London Gaz. No. 3287/3 The 5 French brought to a Stern. 1709 London Gaz. 4521/2 They came within Random shot, and then brought to. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. iv. 36 The Commodore the next day made a signal for the ships to bring to. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. 278 Near 3 in the afternoon, when she brought to. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. vii. 161 We brought to in a narrow arm of the river. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. i. 4 Here let us bring to..and try to get acquainted with the outside of the place before the good folk are about. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > make obedient master?c1225 atame1340 tamec1384 reclaima1393 reducec1475 subduea1525 range1587 to bring ina1599 tawne1606 entamea1616 puppify1660 to bring to1747 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xvi. 93 Proud spirits may be brought to. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. xii. 291 I was forced to use a little fatherly Authority to bring her to . View more context for this quotation 5. To restore to consciousness or to health. Cf. 8c bring to oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > heal or cure [verb (transitive)] > restore to health healc1000 temperc1000 recoverc1330 covera1375 restorec1384 recovera1398 rectifya1400 revert1446 recruita1661 re-establish1664 to set up1686 to bring toa1796 reinstate1810 tinker1823 recuperate1849 to bring about1854 to pick up1857 to fetch round1870 re-edify1897 to pull round1900 a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 490 I kend it still your wee bit jauntie Wad bring ye to. 1844 G. R. Gleig Light Dragoon (1856) v. 45 Our lieutenant..fainted..The French guard brought him to by shaking. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxiii. 191 ‘I'll bring her to!’ said the driver, with a brutal grin. ‘I'll give her something better than camphire!’ 6. To bring (land) into good condition. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] ina1387 reclaim1440 improve1523 win1531 mitigate1601 reform1607 stuba1650 regain1652 redeem1671 reduce1726 to bring to1814 to bring in1860 to break in1891 green1967 1814 in Amer. Speech (1947) 22 273 To bring to a piece of land—to bring it into a state of cultivation, or rather perhaps into a state fit for cultivation. 1838 H. Colman 1st Rep. Agric. Mass. (Mass. Agric. Surv.) 77 One of these gentlemen..has found this sort of land after it was thus ‘brought to’ extremely favorable to the growth of rye. < as lemmas |
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