bring up

Meaning

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
2. To mention.
3. To raise or rear (children).
4. To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory)
5. To turn on power or start, as of a machine.
6. To check (a newly-assembled printed circuit board) for errors.
7. To vomit.
8. To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.
9. To reach a particular score, especially a milestone.
10. To legally charge and put on trial; to position (someone) for judgement or examination by authority.
11. (obsolete) To level type or make it ready for printing by overlaying it.
12. (transitive) To prepare a vein for an injection.

Synonyms

raise

rear

educate

foster

breed

nurture

train

🚋

support

come up

mention

care for

provide for

take care of

throw up

nourish

look after

cite

refer

feed

grow

put forward

cast up

fetch up

call down

bring to

lift

adopt

reboot

have up

raise children

name

sling up

chuck up

go up

heave to

get up

advert

fling up

discipline

start

elevate

come to

evoke

sick up

boot

👢

arouse

record

parent

cherish

check

Translations

élever

aufziehen

criar

erziehen

éduquer

allevare

educare

educar

criar

züchten

opvoeden

aborder

soulever

educar

sollevare

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bring up

In summary

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