bring up


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bring up
v. raise, educate
 
brought up
raised up, brought before, discussed (of an issue, etc.); grown up, raised, educated (of a person)

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bring up

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


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

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bring up
Synonyms and related words:
advance, advert, affront, allude, apprentice, barf, be seasick, be sick, brave, break, break in, breast, breed, bring before, bring forward, bring up short, broach, cast, cease fire, challenge, christen, chuck up, come up short, commend to attention, condition, confront, confront with, cultivate, dare, defy, develop, discipline, disgorge, draw up, drill, educate, egest, encounter, envisage, establish, exercise, face, face with, feed, feed the fish, fetch up, fit, float, form, foster, found, front, gag, groom, halt, hang fire, haul up, heave, heave the gorge, house-train, housebreak, improve, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, institute, introduce, keck, launch, lay before, lick into shape, lift up, make a motion, meet, meet squarely, moot, move, nourish, nurse, nurture, offer a resolution, open up, place before, point out, pose, postulate, practice, prefer, prepare, present to, propose, proposition, propound, provide for, puke, pull up, put forth, put forward, put in tune, put it to, put to school, raise, ready, rear, recommend, regurgitate, rehearse, reject, retch, ring in, send to school, set agoing, set before, set forth, set on foot, set up, sick up, spew, stall, start, start going, start up, stem, stick, stop, stop dead, stop short, submit, suggest, take in hand, throw up, train, turn on, upchuck, usher in, ventilate, vomit,
  

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BRING UP
FAR SALIRE. ALLEVARE. EDUCARE. TIRARE SU. PROPORRE [UN ARGOMENTO]. METTERE IN DISCUSSIONE [UN ARGOMENTO]. FERMARSI. TERMINARE UN VIAGGIO. MONTARE IL SONORO [CINEMA]