Bride
Bride (brīd) , noun
[Old English bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, Anglo-Saxon brȳd; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. brūd, Dutch bruid, Old High German prūt, brūt, German braut, Icelandic brūer, Swedish & Danish brud, Gothic brūþs; compare Armor. pried spouse, Welsh priawd a married person.]
1.
A woman newly married, or about to be married.
Has by his own experience tried
How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
2.
Figuratively: An object ardently loved.
Collocations (1)
Bride of the sea , the city of Venice.
Bride , transitive verb
To make a bride of. [Obsolete]