Definition of Bring up

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bring up
v
1. evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, stir, call down, arouse, put forward, call forth ]


2. bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear, raise, nurture, parent]


3. promote from a lower position or rank; "this player was brought up to the major league"
4. raise from a lower to a higher position; "raise your hands"; "lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up]
[ant: lower]

5. cause to come to a sudden stop; "the noise brought her up in shock"
6. put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" [syn: raise]


7. make reference to: "his name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, cite, name, refer]


8. cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer" [syn: boot, reboot]

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vomit, puke Did the baby bring up his breakfast? Let me wipe it up.

introduce, begin to talk about; vomit, puke

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Please bring up that point at the meeting. We can discuss it then.
Did the baby bring up his breakfast? Let me wipe it up.

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Verb
1. evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
(synonym) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, put forward, call forth
(hypernym) make, create
(hyponym) curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
(verb-group) provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
2. bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
(synonym) rear, raise, nurture, parent
(hyponym) fledge
(cause) grow up
3. promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league"
(hypernym) promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
4. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
(synonym) raise, lift, elevate, get up
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) get up
(cause) rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
5. cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"
(hypernym) stop
6. put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"
(synonym) raise
(hypernym) mention, advert, cite, name, refer
7. make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
(synonym) mention, advert, cite, name, refer
(hypernym) think of, have in mind, mean
(hyponym) commend, remember
8. cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"
(synonym) boot, reboot
(hypernym) resuscitate, revive