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bring up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English bryngen up, dissimilated from Middle English upbryngen (“to bring up, raise”). Doublet of upbring.

Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
   • When you're in the basement, can you bring up the paints?
   • This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. 1953, United States Supreme Court, John Den ex dem. Archibald Russell v. The Association of the Jersey Company, reprinted in the United States Reports, volume 56, page 426
   • "[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]" 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:
2. To mention.
   • Don't bring up politics if you want to have a quiet conversation with that guy.
3. To raise or rear (children).
   • She did well enough bringing up two sons and a daughter on her own.
   • In the present writer's opinion there was no greater and more successful locomotive engineer in the country, during the first quarter-century, than George Jackson Churchward of the Great Western Railway. This statement is made without prejudice, for I was brought up on the other line extending from Waterloo to Padstow, and between Swindon and Eastleigh there was a great gulf fixed. 1957 July 14, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Six Decades of Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 471:
   • ‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.[…]’. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
4. To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory)
   • A short Internet search brought up some amazing details of this story.
5. To turn on power or start, as of a machine.
   • Wait a minute while I bring up my computer.
6. To check (a newly-assembled printed circuit board) for errors.
   • Anyone who's been tasked with bringing up a board knows how trying it is.
7. To vomit.
   • I was very ill today; I kept bringing up everything I ate.
8. To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.
   • "No," Maeniel shouted, "No!" trying to distract the man, and lunged toward him. The chain on his ankle brought him up short and he fell on his face. 1999, Alice Borchardt, Night of the Wolf, Ballantine, →ISBN, page 260:
   • "[…]Mr. Wolfe, I beg you—I beg of you—" I was sure she was going to cry and I didn't want her to. But Wolfe brusquely brought her up: "That's all, Miss Barstow.[…]" 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 91:
9. To reach a particular score, especially a milestone.
   • Warner smacked a four over midwicket to bring up his century.
10. To legally charge and put on trial; to position (someone) for judgement or examination by authority.
    • The book [The Gilded Hearse] was brought up on obscenity charges, partly as a result of the gay content, but a New York magistrate dismissed the charges. 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 14:
11. (obsolete) To level type or make it ready for printing by overlaying it.
12. (transitive) To prepare a vein for an injection.

Forms

Relateds

bring up to · upbringing (raise children) · bring up the rear

Synonyms

bring back (uncover, resurface)

Translations (97)

lt ugdyti (raise or rear children) · pl wychować (raise or rear children) · mk воспитува (raise or rear children) · sv uppfostra (raise or rear children) · el ανατρέφω (raise or rear children) · it interrompere (stop or interrupt) · mk одгледува (raise or rear children) · yue 養 /养 (raise or rear children) · th ฟูมฟัก (raise or rear children) · ja 育てる (raise or rear children) · it sollevare (bring from a lower to a higher position) · hy դաստիարակել (raise or rear children) · nb oppdra (raise or rear children) · mk крева (bring from a lower to a higher position) · izh kasvattaa (raise or rear children) · fi kasvattaa (raise or rear children) · sk vychovať (raise or rear children) · ru вы́растить (raise or rear children) · fa مطرح کردن (mention) · de mit etwas kommen / ankommen (mention) · de hinaufschaffen (bring from a lower to a higher position) · de grossziehen (raise or rear children) · ka გაზრდა (raise or rear children) · ru воспи́тывать (raise or rear children) · tl maungkat (mention) · el μεγαλώνω (raise or rear children) · mk качува (bring from a lower to a higher position) · nl opvoeden (raise or rear children) · qu watay (raise or rear children) · vi nuôi (raise or rear children) · be вы́хаваць (raise or rear children) · de erwähnen (mention) · grc ἀνατρέφω (raise or rear children) · cs vychovávat (raise or rear children) · es alzar (bring from a lower to a higher position) · ky тарбиялоо (raise or rear children) · es levantar (bring from a lower to a higher position) · it nominare (mention) · la memorō (mention) · de erziehen (raise or rear children) · el διακόπτω (stop or interrupt) · eo kreskigi (raise or rear children) · vi nuôi nấng (raise or rear children) · sl vzgojiti (raise or rear children) · eo levi (bring from a lower to a higher position) · fi tuoda ylös (bring from a lower to a higher position) · ko 키우다 (raise or rear children) · da opdrage (raise or rear children) · ko 꺼내다 (mention) · lv audzināt (raise or rear children) · fr élever (raise or rear children) · vec norir (raise or rear children) · pl wychowywać (raise or rear children) · it crescere (raise or rear children) · bg възпитам (raise or rear children) · cmn 養大 /养大 (raise or rear children) · fi mainita (mention) · pt criar (raise or rear children) · gd tog (raise or rear children) · ru воспита́ть (raise or rear children) · el σταματάω (stop or interrupt) · es traer (desde abajo) (bring from a lower to a higher position) · ga tóg (raise or rear children) · it menzionare (mention) · is ala upp (raise or rear children) · th เลี้ยงดู (raise or rear children) · tl ungkatin (mention) · uk вихо́вувати (raise or rear children) · de großziehen (raise or rear children) · za rungx (raise or rear children) · la obiiciō (mention) · sl vzgajati (raise or rear children) · fi keskeyttää (stop or interrupt) · hy բարձրացնել (bring from a lower to a higher position) · ta வளர் (raise or rear children) · io edukar (raise or rear children) · cs vychovat (raise or rear children) · el αναφέρω (mention) · mk одгледа (raise or rear children) · ta தூக்கு (bring from a lower to a higher position) · cmn 撫養 /抚养 (raise or rear children) · de aufziehen (raise or rear children) · ru расти́ть (raise or rear children) · bg възпитавам (raise or rear children) · ta எழுப்பு (mention) · eo eduki (raise or rear children) · de aufbringen (raise or rear children) · vec levar (bring from a lower to a higher position) · be выхо́ўваць (raise or rear children) · yue 養大 /养大 (raise or rear children) · hy հիշատակել (mention) · uk ви́ховати (raise or rear children) · sk vychovávať (raise or rear children) · de hochbringen (bring from a lower to a higher position) · cy magu (raise or rear children) · mk воспита (raise or rear children) · hy մեծացնել (raise or rear children)