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WORDNET DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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RELATED WORDS : act up add up ante up back up backed up ball up balled up bang up bear up beat up beef up beefed up belly up belt up bind up blaze up block up blow up blowing up blown up board up bob up bollix up bollixed up bollocks up bolster up bomb up bone up book up boost up botch up bottle up bound up box up brace up break up brick up bridle up bring bring about bring around bring back bring before bring charges bring down bring forth bring forward bring home bring home the bacon bring home to bring in bring off bring on bring oneself bring out bring outside bring round bring through bring to bring to bear bring to light bring to mind bring to pass bring together bringing up brisk up bristle up brush up bubble up buck up bucked up build up bump up bunch up bundle up buoy up burn up bust up butter up button up buy up call up carve up cast up catch up catch up with caught up caught up in chain up chalk up charge up chat up check up on cheer up chew up chin up chirk up chock up choke up choose up chop up chuck up the sponge chum up churn up clam up clap up clean up clear up climb up clock up clog up close up cloud up clouding up clutter up cobble up cock up come up come up against come up to conjure up cook up coop up cork up cotton up cough up coughing up couple up cover up cozy up crack up crank up crap up creep up crock up crop up curl up curled up cut up dam up deck up dig up digging up dish up divided up divvy up do up doctor up doll up dolled up done up dope up double up drag up draw up dream up dredge up dress up dried up drink up drive up drive up the wall drum up dry up drying up dummy up earth up ease up eat up edge up end up even up face up face up to faggot up fake up fancied up fancy up fatten up fed up felt up fess up fetch up fig up fill up finish up fire up firm up fix up flame up flare up fluff up fog up fold up follow up follow up on foot up fork up fort up foul up frame up freshen up fuck up furbish up gang up gang up on gas up gather up gear up get up ginger up give up giving up glam up go up go up in smoke gobble up grow up grown up grub up gum up gummed up gussied up gussy up ham it up hang up hard up hash up haul up head up heap up heat up heated up heave up heft up held up het up high up higher up hike up hit it up hit up hitch up hive up hoke up hold up hole up hook up hook up with hop up hopped up hot up hung up hurry up hush up hype up ice up jack up jazz up jolly up juice up jump up jumping up and down keep up kept up key up keyed up kick up kink up kit up knock up lace up laid up land up lap up laugh it up lay up lead up let up lift up light up lighten up limber up line up lined up link up live it up live up to liven up load up lock up log up look up look up to looking up loosen up louse up made up make up make up one's mind make up to mark up mat up matte up measure up measure up to meet up with mess up messed up mix up mixed up mock up mop up mount up mount up to move up muck up mucked up muddy up muffle up mug up muster up offer up open up own up pal up pass up patch up pay up pen up pent up pep up perk up perked up pick up pick up the gauntlet pile up pin up pipe up play up play up to plump up point up polish up pony up pop up pound up prang up pretty up prick up prim up prop up propping up psych up psyched up puff up puffed up pull up pull up short pull up stakes pumped up push up put up put up job put up to put up with queue up rachet up rack up raise up rake up ramp up rev up rig up ring up rip up rise up roll up rope up rough up round up rout up rub up ruck up ruffle up run up runner up sack up save up saved up scale up scare up scoop up scrape up scratch up screw up scrub up scrunch up seal up sell up serve up set up sew up sex up shack up shake up shape up shine up shine up to shoot up shore up shoring up show up shown up shrivel up shut up sidle up sign up silt up sit up size up slack up slice up slick up slicked up slip up slow up slurp up smarten up smash up smell up snap up snarl up snatch up sneak up soak up soaking up soar up sober up soften up sop up soup up speak up speak up for spear up speed up speeded up spice up spiff up spiffed up spirit up spit up split up sponge up spring up spruce up spruced up square up stack up stand up stand up for stand up to start up stay up steam up steamed up step up stick up stick up for stink up stir up stirred up stop up stopped up stored up straighten up strike up string up stuck up suck up suck up to sum up summing up summon up sunny-side up swallow up sweep up swell up swept up swoop up swot up take up take up arms take up with taken up tart up team up tear up tee up tense up think up throw up tidy up tie up tied up tier up tighten up tog up togged up tone up toss up tot up tote up touch up touch up paint trice up trick up trip up true up trump up trumped up tune up turn up turn up the heat turn up the pressure turned up tying up up up and down up country up here up in arms up in the air up on up quark up the stairs up to up to her neck up to his neck up to my neck up to now up to our necks up to their necks up to your neck use up used up using up vamp up vomit up wake up waking up wall up warm up wash up washed up well up whip up whomp up whoop it up wind up wipe up wise up work up worked up wound up wrack up wrap up wrapped up wrapped up in write up wrought up yield up zip up

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb bring up has 8 senses

• bring up(v = verb.creation) arouse, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir - summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
is one way to create, make
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• bring up(v = verb.social) nurture, parent, raise, rear - bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• bring up(v = verb.social) Array - promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league"
is one way to advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• bring up(v = verb.motion) elevate, get up, lift, raise - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
is one way to displace, move
Sample sentence:
The men bring up the chairs

• bring up(v = verb.motion) Array - cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"
is one way to stop
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

• bring up(v = verb.communication) raise - put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"
is one way to advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• bring up(v = verb.communication) advert, cite, mention, name, refer - make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
is one way to have in mind, mean, think of
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• bring up(v = verb.body) boot, reboot - cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"
is one way to resuscitate, revive
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

bring up

Production

VB produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture, weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel, build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up, establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute, achieve, accomplish, flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle, bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world, make productive, create, beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate, procreate, progenerate, propagate, engender, bring into being, call into being, bring into existence, breed, hatch, develop, bring up, induce, superinduce, suscitate, cause, acquire.

Ejection

VB give exit, give vent to, let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out, dispatch, despatch, exhale, excern, excrete, embogue, secrete, secern, extravasate, shed, void, evacuation, emit, open the sluices, open the floodgates, turn on the tap, extrude, detrude, effuse, spend, expend, pour forth, squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop, perspire, breathe, blow, tap, draw off, bale out, lade out, let blood, broach, eject, reject, expel, discard, cut, send to coventry, boycott, chasser, banish, bounce, fire, fire out, throw, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside, push, throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside, shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away, brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away, discharge, send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift, turn out, bundle out, throw overboard, give the sack to, send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about, strike off the roll, turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop, pack off, send away with a flea in the ear, send to Jericho, bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home, evict, oust, unhouse, unkennel, dislodge, unpeople, dispeople, depopulate, relegate, deport, empty, drain to the dregs, sweep off, clear off, clear out, clear away, suck, draw off, clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge, embowel, disbowel, disembowel, eviscerate, gut, unearth, root out, root up, averuncate, weed out, get out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off, exenterate, vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf, belch out, cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god, disgorge, expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber, eructate, drool, unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload, break bulk, dump, be let out, spew forth, erupt, ooze.

Teaching

VB teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor, cram, prime, coach, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate, imbue, impregnate, implant, graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate, given an idea of, put up to, put in the way of, set right, sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind, give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot, improve, expound, lecture, read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse, incept, hold forth, preach, sermonize, moralize, point a moral, train, discipline, bring up, bring up to, form, ground, prepare, qualify, drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand, break, break in, tame, preinstruct, initiate, inure, put to nurse, send to school, direct, guide, direct attention to, impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory, beat into, beat into the head, convince, book, workbook, exercise book, preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs, preach to the converted.

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