bride

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/bɹaɪd/

noun 3name 2verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

beautiful, dearer, left, radiant

The radiant bride walked down the aisle with tears of joy streaming down her face.

VERB + BRIDE

comes, dressed, kiss, like, show, wedding

The groom couldn't wait to kiss the bride at the end of the ceremony.

BRIDE + NOUN

american, groom, lamb's, laughter, marie, teacher, weddings, wife

The bride and groom exchanged their vows in front of two hundred guests.

PREP.

into, than, with

The young woman transformed into a bride on her wedding day last June.

ADV.

once, suddenly

The bride suddenly appeared at the top of the aisle in her white wedding dress.

Definitions

noun

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.

An object ardently loved.

verb

to make a bride of

noun

an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — Irish abbess

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

war bride

A woman who marries a man who is on active military duty in wartime; especially, a woman who marries a foreign soldier serving in her country and then emigrates to his.

December bride

A woman who marries when she is significantly older than most brides.

She was too old. Too dried-up. A December bride rescued from spinsterhood and assigned the place of helpmeet, companion, cook and laundress, with the sex thrown in as a bonus.

Example Bank

I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

Wiktionary

Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

Food and drink were served in such profusion at the wedding that the bride and groom began to wonder if they should not have invited more guests.

Tatoeba · #1962

Here comes the bride!

Tatoeba · #6028

The bride came into the room with lowered eyes and with everyone staring at her.

Tatoeba · #23730

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bride is marked as figuratively, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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