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bren

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/bɹɛn/

Definition of bren

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To burn (to set ablaze).
    “And the greene grasse that groweth they shall bren, That even the wilde beast shall dy in starved den”
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verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To burn (to set ablaze).
    “And the greene grasse that groweth they shall bren, That even the wilde beast shall dy in starved den”

name

  1. A surname from Czech.
  2. A female given name, clipping of Brenda.
  3. A male given name, clipping of Brendan.

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Bren gun.

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Etymology

From Middle English brennen, from Old Norse brenna, brinna, from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to set on fire”). Cognate with German brennen, Swedish bränna. Doublet of burn; see there for more.

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