(obsolete, poetic) Briefly. / (obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.

Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant. / Of light: brilliant, intense. / Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.

Brightness, glow. / (figuratively) Glory, splendour. / (chiefly in the plural) Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.

(often literary) In a bright manner; brightly, glowingly, luminously, lustrously. / Referring to colour: with bold or vivid colours; brightly, boldly, vividly.

(transitive) Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.

(countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. / (uncountable) Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.

(colloquial, African-American Vernacular, New England, of weather) Extremely cold.

(transitive) To build with bricks. / (transitive) To make into bricks. / (transitive, slang) To hit someone or something with a brick.

A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc. / (anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.

To be or make a bridge over something. / To span as if with a bridge. / (music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.