--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 47 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/47/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 47 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/49/) [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/50/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) **breeze** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A breeze is a light, gentle wind.[↗](../../breeze/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A breeze is something very easy to do: «The test was a breeze».[↗](../../breeze/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To breeze in or breeze through is to come in or get through something easily and cheerfully.[↗](../../breeze/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A cool breeze came off the sea.[↗](../../breeze/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The washing dried quickly in the breeze.[↗](../../breeze/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The flags fluttered in the breeze.[↗](../../breeze/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That puzzle was a breeze\![↗](../../breeze/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She breezed into the room, smiling.[↗](../../breeze/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There wasn't enough breeze to fly the kite.[↗](../../breeze/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A breeze sprang up from the east.[↗](../../breeze/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Perhaps capturing an intermediary concept between the immaterial divine imminence and the material wind is ‘wisp’, meaning both a small breeze and a phantom presence, but ‘Holy Wisp’ is a rather underwhelming expression.[↗](../../breeze/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../breeze/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **breezy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* With a fresh wind blowing: a breezy day.[↗](../../breezy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Cheerful, relaxed and confident, sometimes too relaxed: a breezy manner.[↗](../../breezy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's a breezy day, perfect for flying a kite.[↗](../../breezy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The beach was breezy and cool.[↗](../../breezy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a breezy wave and walked off.[↗](../../breezy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His breezy answer annoyed the teacher.[↗](../../breezy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Take a jacket – it's breezy outside.[↗](../../breezy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **brethren** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church, Bible) Fellow members of a church or religious group, used to address them in old or formal language ("Dearly beloved brethren").[↗](../../brethren/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned) Brothers.[↗](../../brethren/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Members of the same group or profession.[↗](../../brethren/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Brothers, or relatives.[↗](../../brethren/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The preacher began, "My dear brethren."[↗](../../brethren/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Joseph forgave his brethren.[↗](../../brethren/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The monks prayed with their brethren every morning.[↗](../../brethren/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He greeted his brethren at the church meeting.[↗](../../brethren/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmers helped their brethren in the next valley.[↗](../../brethren/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old hymn calls all Christians brethren.[↗](../../brethren/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge was respected by her legal brethren.[↗](../../brethren/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'I seek my brethren.[↗](../../brethren/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brethren/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew him not.[↗](../../brethren/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brethren/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship.[↗](../../brethren/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brethren/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan; (Writings NEH.10.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brethren/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen.[↗](../../brethren/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brethren/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brethren/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'I seek my brethren.[↗](../../brethren/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.16, JPS 1917) · Immortal fame!" when he himself fell down, and lay quietly among his slain brethren.[↗](../../brethren/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Tanglewood Tales) · And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew him not.[↗](../../brethren/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.8, JPS 1917) **brevity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Using few words; being short and to the point when speaking or writing.[↗](../../brevity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) The shortness of time something lasts, as in «the brevity of life».[↗](../../brevity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher praised the brevity of my answer.[↗](../../brevity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · For brevity, I will only list the main points.[↗](../../brevity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Brevity is the soul of wit.[↗](../../brevity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The brevity of the summer made us sad.[↗](../../brevity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Text messages need brevity.[↗](../../brevity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The speech was famous for its brevity: only two minutes.[↗](../../brevity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Haiku poems show the beauty of brevity.[↗](../../brevity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **brew** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make beer by soaking, boiling and fermenting grain.[↗](../../brew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make tea or coffee by mixing it with hot water.[↗](../../brew/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, UK, informal) A cup of tea: «fancy a brew?».[↗](../../brew/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) Of something bad, to be about to happen: a storm is brewing, trouble is brewing.[↗](../../brew/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (noun) A mixture, especially a strange one, like a witch's brew.[↗](../../brew/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gran brewed a pot of tea.[↗](../../brew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fancy a brew?[↗](../../brew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") I'll put the kettle on.[↗](../../brew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The witches stirred their bubbling brew.[↗](../../brew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dark clouds showed a storm was brewing.[↗](../../brew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I could tell trouble was brewing in the playground.[↗](../../brew/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Monks used to brew beer in the abbey.[↗](../../brew/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The moor-woman was at her brewing.[↗](../../brew/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **brewery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A factory or building where beer is made.[↗](../../brewery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A company that makes beer.[↗](../../brewery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old brewery is now a museum.[↗](../../brewery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You could smell malt near the brewery.[↗](../../brewery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Shire horses used to pull carts for the brewery.[↗](../../brewery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The town's biggest employer is a brewery.[↗](../../brewery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Breweries use huge metal tanks.[↗](../../brewery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · To the Marsh Woman's brewery Inge sunk down to a place which no one can endure for long.[↗](../../brewery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **briar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A briar is a prickly bush or wild rose with thorny stems that grows in hedges and woods.[↗](../../briar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The prince had to cut through the thick briar to reach the castle.[↗](../../briar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The briars scratched his arms as he pushed through.[↗](../../briar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bramble and briar grew over the walls of the palace.[↗](../../briar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bribe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Money or a gift given to someone to make them do something dishonest or unfair, such as break a rule.[↗](../../bribe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To offer someone money or a gift to make them do what you want, often wrongly.[↗](../../bribe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, joking) A treat given to get a child to do something ("a sweet as a bribe").[↗](../../bribe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The guard took a bribe and let the thief go.[↗](../../bribe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It is against the law to bribe a police officer.[↗](../../bribe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum bribed us with ice cream to tidy our rooms.[↗](../../bribe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge refused the bribe.[↗](../../bribe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I won't take a bribe, said the referee.[↗](../../bribe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother can be bribed with stickers.[↗](../../bribe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Offering a bribe can lead to prison.[↗](../../bribe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Eriphyle, unable to withstand the tempting bait, accepted the bribe, and thus Amphiaraus was compelled to join the army.[↗](../../bribe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person.[↗](../../bribe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.27.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bribe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes.[↗](../../bribe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.26.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bribe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent.[↗](../../bribe/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.15.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bribe/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.[↗](../../bribe/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.8.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bribe/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **bribery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Giving or offering money, gifts or favours to someone so they will do something dishonest or unfair for you.[↗](../../bribery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, humorous) Offering a treat to get someone to do something, as parents sometimes do.[↗](../../bribery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bribery is against the law.[↗](../../bribery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The official went to prison for bribery.[↗](../../bribery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum used a little bribery to get us to eat our sprouts.[↗](../../bribery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee was accused of bribery.[↗](../../bribery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bribery makes things unfair for honest people.[↗](../../bribery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · At this last bribery, Pinocchio could no longer resist and said firmly:[↗](../../bribery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.[↗](../../bribery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bribery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **brick** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A brick is a hard block made of baked clay, used to build walls and houses.[↗](../../brick/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Brick is the material: «a brick house».[↗](../../brick/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A toy brick is a building block.[↗](../../brick/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To brick up a gap is to fill it with bricks.[↗](../../brick/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «You're a brick» is an old way to say someone is very kind and helpful.[↗](../../brick/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A wall has 20 rows of 15 bricks.[↗](../../brick/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each brick weighs 3 kg.[↗](../../brick/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He lays 200 bricks an hour.[↗](../../brick/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many bricks are left?[↗](../../brick/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The third little pig built his house of bricks.[↗](../../brick/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school is an old red brick building.[↗](../../brick/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They built the wall brick by brick.[↗](../../brick/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The toddler stacked his toy bricks into a tower.[↗](../../brick/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It was built of red brick, with projecting gables.[↗](../../brick/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore.[↗](../../brick/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brick/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.'[↗](../../brick/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brick/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.'[↗](../../brick/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.[↗](../../brick/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brick/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · A people that provoke Me to My face continually, that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon bricks; (Prophets ISA.65.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brick/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · 'The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but cedars will we put in their place.'[↗](../../brick/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.9.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brick/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **brickkiln** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A furnace or oven for baking clay bricks.[↗](../../brickkiln/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **bricklayer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bricklayer is a worker who builds walls, houses and chimneys with bricks.[↗](../../bricklayer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bricklayer built a wall around the garden.[↗](../../bricklayer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Not far from the fountain there lived a family of bricklayers.[↗](../../bricklayer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Where is your pitcher?" asked the bricklayer.[↗](../../bricklayer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bridal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bridal means of or for a bride or a wedding.[↗](../../bridal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They arrived very soon at the bridal hall.[↗](../../bridal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince rode on, leaving the bridal pair in the castle.[↗](../../bridal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There must be no blood on my bridal bouquet.[↗](../../bridal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bride** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A woman on her wedding day, or a woman who has just got married.[↗](../../bride/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church, Bible) Christians sometimes call the church «the bride of Christ», a picture of Jesus's love for his people.[↗](../../bride/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bride wore a long white dress.[↗](../../bride/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bride and groom cut the cake together.[↗](../../bride/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt will be a bride next spring.[↗](../../bride/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The flower girl walked in front of the bride.[↗](../../bride/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone stood up when the bride came in.[↗](../../bride/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the fairy tale the princess became the prince's bride.[↗](../../bride/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bride's father made a funny speech.[↗](../../bride/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bride was delighted with it.[↗](../../bride/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?[↗](../../bride/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.2.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bride/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.[↗](../../bride/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.4.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bride/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one bead of thy necklace.[↗](../../bride/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.4.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bride/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **bridegroom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bridegroom is a man on his wedding day, or just before it.[↗](../../bridegroom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The irritated bridegroom rushed in.[↗](../../bridegroom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Sit here, and await the bridegroom," she said.[↗](../../bridegroom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridegroom jumped into the grave.[↗](../../bridegroom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Then she said: 'A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision.'[↗](../../bridegroom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bridegroom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said: 'Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.'[↗](../../bridegroom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bridegroom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.[↗](../../bridegroom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.19.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bridegroom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For as a young man espouseth a virgin, so shall thy sons espouse thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.[↗](../../bridegroom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.62.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bridegroom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her pavilion.[↗](../../bridegroom/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.2.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bridegroom/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **bridesmaid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bridesmaid is a girl or woman who helps the bride on her wedding day and walks with her at the ceremony.[↗](../../bridesmaid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (idiom) «Always the bridesmaid, never the bride» means always nearly winning but never quite winning.[↗](../../bridesmaid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I was a bridesmaid at my aunt's wedding.[↗](../../bridesmaid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridesmaids wore pale blue dresses.[↗](../../bridesmaid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister is the chief bridesmaid.[↗](../../bridesmaid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The little bridesmaid scattered petals up the aisle.[↗](../../bridesmaid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bridesmaids help the bride get ready on the big day.[↗](../../bridesmaid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team was always the bridesmaid, never the bride, until this year's final.[↗](../../bridesmaid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bridge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bridge is something built over a river, road or valley so people or vehicles can go across.[↗](../../bridge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The bridge of your nose is its top part between the eyes.[↗](../../bridge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The bridge of a ship is where the captain steers it.[↗](../../bridge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To bridge a gap is to join two things or make a difference smaller.[↗](../../bridge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Bridge is also a card game.[↗](../../bridge/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bridge is 200 m long.[↗](../../bridge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A train crosses the bridge.[↗](../../bridge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 3 bridges over the river.[↗](../../bridge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How long does it take to cross?[↗](../../bridge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sydney Harbour Bridge is called «the Coathanger».[↗](../../bridge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a bridge from paper straws to hold a toy car.[↗](../../bridge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The troll lived under the bridge.[↗](../../bridge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · His glasses sat on the bridge of his nose.[↗](../../bridge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They turned, and ran back across the bridge.[↗](../../bridge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **bridle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The straps, metal bit and reins put on a horse's head to control it.[↗](../../bridle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To put a bridle on a horse.[↗](../../bridle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To show sudden anger or offence, often by pulling your head up: «she bridled at the remark».[↗](../../bridle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To control or hold back something, like your temper.[↗](../../bridle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She put the bridle on the pony.[↗](../../bridle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse shook its head against the bridle.[↗](../../bridle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He bridled at being called a baby.[↗](../../bridle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the reins of the bridle gently.[↗](../../bridle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We rode along a bridleway through the forest.[↗](../../bridle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My horse, and bridle, and saddle!"[↗](../../bridle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Who shall come within his double bridle?[↗](../../bridle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bridle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.[↗](../../bridle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bridle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.[↗](../../bridle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.26.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bridle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **brie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A soft, creamy French cheese with a white, soft rind, originally from the Brie region near Paris.[↗](../../brie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Brie is also a region of France.[↗](../../brie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had brie and grapes at the picnic.[↗](../../brie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Brie has a soft white rind.[↗](../../brie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad cut a slice of brie for his sandwich.[↗](../../brie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Brie comes from France.[↗](../../brie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The brie was so ripe it was runny.[↗](../../brie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother doesn't like the smell of brie.[↗](../../brie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/40/) … [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/46/) **47** [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/48/) [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/49/) [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/50/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/46/) - next →: [page 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/48/) - ↑ back to [The 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