Brang vs Brank - What's the difference?
brang | brank |
(bring)
(lb) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
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, title= To supply or contribute.
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*:“it is not fair of you to bring' against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without ' bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
(lb) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
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, title= To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
(lb) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
(usually, in the plural) A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect, usually, in the plural) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
To put someone in the branks
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
(Scotland) To prance; to caper.
As verbs the difference between brang and brank
is that brang is simple past of bring while brank is to put someone in the branks.As a noun brank is
a metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue.brang
English
Verb
(head)bring
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bringen, from (etyl) ).Verb
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- At twilight in the summeron the floor.
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- It seems so preposterous a thingthat they do not easily bring themselves to it.
Usage notes
Past (brang) and past participle (brung) and (broughten) forms are sometimes used in some dialects, especially in informal speech.Derived terms
(terms derived from "bring") * bring about * bring around * bring back * bring down * bring forth * bring forwards * bring home * bring in * bring it * bring it on * bring off * bring on * bring out * bring round * bring to * bring to light * bring up * inbring * outbringEtymology 2
Onomatopeiabrank
English
Etymology 1
Compare Gaelic brangus'', ''brangas'', a sort of pillory, Irish ''brancas'', halter, or Dutch ''pranger , fetter.Noun
(en noun)- (Jamieson)
Verb
(en verb)- (Jamieson)