Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To plate with bronze.
My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes.
give the color and appearance of bronze to something
(transitive)To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan.
get a tan, from wind or sun
(intransitive)To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
(transitive)To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
(intransitive)To finish in third place; to win a bronze medal.
Examples
59 sentencesWe won the bronze medal.
ruМы выиграли бронзовую медаль.
deWir haben die Bronzemedaille gewonnen.
This is bronze.
ruЭто бронза.
The statue was cast in bronze.
ruСтатуя была отлита в бронзе.
deDie Statue wurde aus Bronze gegossen.
They cast bronze into a statue.
The sun has bronzed her skin.
deDie Sonne hat ihre Haut gebräunt.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From French bronze (1511); from Italian bronzo (13th c.), of uncertain origin (q.v.). FirsFrom French bronze (1511); from Italian bronzo (13th c.), of uncertain origin (q.v.). First use appears c. 1721 in the writings of Matthew Prior (for which, see citation below).
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Forms
bronzes, bronzing, bronzed, bronzedSynonyms
1 synonyms- get a tan, from wind or sun:tan
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle