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bride

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Editorial note

But that doesn't mean you should go grab a mail order bride catalog.

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Quick take

A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bride gathered in one view.

noun

A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

noun

an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework

noun

A parish of the sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bride.

Example sentences

1

But that doesn't mean you should go grab a mail order bride catalog.

2

For example, Listerine's 'Always a bridesmaid, never a bride' appealed to what the audience wanted to be (namely someone's wife).

3

It included a short message from the bride and groom ending with 'xxx' — i.e.

4

The dearth of available women means that men have to stand out to be worthy of a bride, and many women will barely consider men who don't even own homes.

5

My Russian instructor at Caltech was the victim of Bride Abduction while vacationing in Soviet Georgia when she was fifteen years old.

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You can, as a rich person, or an enterprise, legally bride politicians so that they can pass laws for your own profit.

7

Apparently they just couldn't wait, or maybe the bride and groom were boring them.

8

And, Poverty, be thou the bride And now the marriage feast begun, And lily-coloured clothes provide Your spouse not laboured-at nor spun.

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They are not adding value to the experience of crossing a bridge and they are not helping the people who made the bride.

10

The bride who receives the item must be able to tell more or less what it's worth (so that there is no falsehood involved).

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Never the less, you see increased bride imports from impoverished SEAsian neighbors.

12

Every bride uses Pinterest (and now most wedding vendors and bloggers).

Quote examples

1

You're the paid photographer at a wedding and you hear those words "you may kiss the bride." You frame up your shot, click the shutter...

2

It really got my attention just after arriving when the brother of the bride to be, whose wedding I was there for, said while getting in his car, "Let's bounce." Were I a sociologist I think studying the flow of culture from black Americans to southern Africans and trying to separate out the distinctively African elements of black American culture vs.

Proper noun examples

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Another one that comes to mind is Inigo Montoya, from Princess Bride.

2

Stardust, Finding Forrester, anything Pixar, The Princess Bride, The Fifth Element and Hackers.

3

Just wondering if I was downvoted because people don't get the joke (it's a famous quote from the Princess Bride) and thought I was calling all Australians criminals?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bride in a sentence?

But that doesn't mean you should go grab a mail order bride catalog.

What does bride mean?

A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

What part of speech is bride?

bride is commonly used as noun.