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BRING FORTH
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make (offspring) by reproduction
Example:
John fathered four daughters
Synonyms:
beget; bring forth; engender; father; generate; get; mother; sire
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "bring forth" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bring into existence
Example:
The earthquake generated a tsunami
Synonyms:
bring forth; generate
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "bring forth" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring forth"):
come up (bring forth, usually something desirable)
develop (generate gradually)
bring on; induce (cause to arise)
free; liberate; release (release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Bring forth or yield
Example:
The tree would not produce fruit
Synonyms:
bring forth; produce
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "bring forth" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring forth"):
bear; birth; deliver; give birth; have (cause to be born)
sporulate (produce spores)
crank out; grind out (produce in a routine or monotonous manner)
manufacture (produce naturally)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Bring out for display
Example:
The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him
Synonyms:
bring forth; produce
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "bring forth" is one way to...):
display; exhibit; expose (to show, make visible or apparent)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring forth"):
turn on (produce suddenly or automatically)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
