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bride

1

[ brahyd ]

noun

  1. a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.


bride

2

[ brahyd; French breed ]

noun

  1. Also called bar, leg, tie. a connection consisting of a thread or a number of threads for joining various solid parts of a design in needlepoint lace.
  2. an ornamental bonnet string.

Bride

3

[ brahyd ]

noun

  1. Saint. Brigid, Saint.

Bride

1

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. Saint Bride
    See Bridget
“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

bride

2

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a woman who has just been or is about to be married
“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

bride

3

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. lacemaking needlework a thread or loop that joins parts of a pattern Also calledbar
“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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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bride1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ̄; cognate with Dutch bruid, German Braut, Old Norse ūٳ, Gothic ūٳ

Origin of bride2

1865–70; < French: bonnet-string, bridle, Old French < Germanic; bridle
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bride1

Old English ӯ ; related to Old Norse ūٳ , Gothic ūٳ daughter-in-law, Old High German ū

Origin of bride2

C19: from French, literally: bridle , probably of Germanic origin
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Idioms and Phrases

see give away (the bride) .
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Similar to the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, brides and bridegrooms left handprints and their names and wedding dates pressed into cement.

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In the ride’s trademark attic scene, there’s still a tortured bride, but she’s never quite looked or acted like this.

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“We thought, what if we change the story back a little bit to the original story that the Imagineers had about a lost bride in the attic mourning the loss of her husbands,” she said.

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In India, men often have a laundry list of attributes they want in their brides - a glance at the matrimonial columns in newspapers and match-making websites shows everyone wants tall, fair, beautiful brides.

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The palace followed this by sending out invitations for the king's wedding to a new bride, Nomzamo Myeni, set to take place in late January.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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