"bring up" | Definition and Related Words

bring up

Verb

Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic (synset 201633150)
"raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

is a type of: call up, summon - cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively
subtypes:
- anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
- bless - give a benediction to
same as: arouse, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir

verb group: call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke - evoke or provoke to appear or occur
Look after a child until it is an adult (synset 202545454)
"raise a family"; "bring up children"

causes: grow up - become an adult
subtypes:
- fledge - feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
- cradle - bring up from infancy
- foster - bring up under fosterage; of children
same as: nurture, parent, raise, rear
Promote from a lower position or rank (synset 202403303)
"This player was brought up to the major league"

is a type of: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Raise from a lower to a higher position (synset 201978076)
"Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

causes: arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise - move upward

is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
subtypes:
- get up - cause to rise
- jack, jack up - lift with a special device
- shoulder - lift onto one's shoulders
- kick up - cause to rise by kicking
- hoist, lift, wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- trice, trice up - raise with a line
- hoist, run up - raise
- hoist - move from one place to another by lifting
- pump - raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
- levitate - cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
- underlay - raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
- skid - elevate onto skids
- pinnacle - raise on or as if on a pinnacle
- chin, chin up - raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
- leaven, prove, raise - cause to puff up with a leaven
- heighten - increase the height of
- boost, hike, hike up - increase
- gather up, lift up, pick up - take and lift upward
- erect, rear - cause to rise up
same as: elevate, get up, lift, raise
Cause to come to a sudden stop (synset 201863840)
"The noise brought her up in shock"

is a type of: stop - cause to stop
Put forward for consideration or discussion (synset 201027255)
"raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"

is a type of: advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer - make reference to

same as: raise
Make reference to (synset 201026199)
"His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

is a type of: have in mind, mean, think of - intend to refer to
subtypes:
- commend, remember - mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship
- speak of the devil - mention someone's name who just then appears
- remember - mention favorably, as in prayer
- cite, quote - refer to for illustration or proof
- touch on - refer to or discuss briefly
- appeal, invoke - cite as an authority; resort to
- namedrop - refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them
- bring up, raise - put forward for consideration or discussion
- drag up, dredge up - mention something unpleasant from the past
- cross-refer - refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists
same as: advert, cite, mention, name, refer
Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes (synset 200098100)
"boot your computer"

is a type of: resuscitate, revive - cause to regain consciousness

same as: boot, reboot

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