Brant vs Brang - What's the difference?
brant | brang |
Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta'', that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, ''Branta bernicla .
(dialectal) Steep, precipitous.
* Ascham
(Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
* Burns
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(bring)
(lb) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
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* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
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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.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
, 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.
As a noun brant
is any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.As an adjective brant
is steep, precipitous.As a proper noun Brant
is {{surname}.As a verb brang is
simple past of bring.brant
English
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain but similar to brandgas (sheldrake).Noun
(en-noun)See also
* ("brant" on Wikipedia) * (Branta)Etymology 2
From (etyl) brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Icelandic brattr .Alternative forms
* brentAdjective
(en adjective)- Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
- Your bonnie brow was brent .
Alternative forms
* (l) (transitive )Verb
(head)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.