bride
nounverbnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//bɹɑjd//
- United States//bɹaɪd//
- Australia//bɹɑed//
- Scotland//bɾʌɪd//
- //bɾaɪd//
A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
noun
- 1
A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
- 2
figurativeAn object ardently loved.
Etymology
From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognates Cognate with Yola breede (“bride”), Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), Alemannic German Bruut (“bride”), Central Franconian Brock, Brutt, Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German and Luxembourgish Braut (“bride”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish brud (“bride”), Faroese and Icelandic brúður (“bride”), Norwegian Nynorsk brud, brur (“bride”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bruþs, “bride”), French bru (“daughter-in-law”), Friulian brût (“daughter-in-law”) (from Old High German brut (“bride”)).
verb
- 1
obsoleteto make a bride of
noun
- 1
an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework
Etymology
Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”).
Forms
- plural
- brides
- past tense
- brided
- past participle
- brided
- present participle
- briding
- third person singular
- brides
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