Dictionary entry details
• BRING UP (verb)
Meaning:
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
bring up; call down; conjure; conjure up; invoke; call forth; arouse; put forward; evoke; stir; raise
Context examples:
raise the specter of unemployment / he conjured wild birds in the air / call down the spirits from the mountain
Hypernyms (to "bring up" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring up"):
bless (give a benediction to)
anathemise; anathemize; bedamn; beshrew; curse; damn; imprecate; maledict (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Bring up
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
parent; nurture; bring up; rear; raise
Context examples:
raise a family / bring up children
Cause:
grow up (become an adult)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring up"):
fledge (feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight)
cradle (bring up from infancy)
foster (bring up under fosterage; of children)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Promote from a lower position or rank
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
This player was brought up to the major league
Hypernyms (to "bring up" is one way to...):
advance; elevate; kick upstairs; promote; raise; upgrade (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Raise from a lower to a higher position
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
lift; elevate; raise; get up; bring up
Context examples:
Raise your hands / Lift a load
Hypernyms (to "bring up" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring up"):
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)
underlay (raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type)
levitate (cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity)
pump (raise (gases or fluids) with a pump)
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
The men bring up the chairs
Meaning:
Cause to come to a sudden stop
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The noise brought her up in shock
Hypernyms (to "bring up" is one way to...):
stop (cause to stop)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Put forward for consideration or discussion
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bring up; raise
Context examples:
raise the question of promotions / bring up an unpleasant topic
Hypernyms (to "bring up" is one way to...):
advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
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Meaning:
Make reference to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
cite; mention; refer; advert; bring up; name
Context example:
His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
Hypernyms (to "bring up" is one way to...):
have in mind; mean; think of (intend to refer to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring up"):
commend; remember (mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship)
cross-refer (refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists)
drag up; dredge up (mention something unpleasant from the past)
bring up; raise (put forward for consideration or discussion)
namedrop (refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them)
appeal; invoke (cite as an authority; resort to)
touch on (refer to or discuss briefly)
cite; quote (refer to for illustration or proof)
remember (mention favourably, as in prayer)
speak of the devil (mention someone's name who just then appears)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
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Meaning:
Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
reboot; boot; bring up
Context example:
boot your computer
Hypernyms (to "bring up" is one way to...):
resuscitate; revive (cause to regain consciousness)
Sentence frame:
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