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View synonyms for bring to

bring to

verb

  1. adverb to restore (a person) to consciousness
  2. adverb to cause (a ship) to turn into the wind and reduce her headway
  3. preposition to make (something) equal to (an amount of money)

    that brings your bill to £17

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The vessel looked up to the gale in gallant style, and at length I was able to bring-to under my foresail.

At noon was again obliged to bring-to under the foresail, it blowing hard with a thick fog and squalls.

Therefore, if Lestock was to windward, as the charge read, it was his duty to bring-to first and at once.

To bring-to, (which see), and then to lay some sails aback, in order to keep the ship without movement ahead or astern.

What about the corn and sheep and beef those fellows are to bring to-morrow or next night?

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