2 definitions
for bring up
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
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,
evoke, 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]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
138 Moby Thesaurus words for "bring up":
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
