English > bring up: 8 senses > verb 1, creation| Meaning | Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, put forward, call forth |
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| Narrower | bless | Give a benediction to |
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| curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | wish harm upon |
| Broader | call up, summon | Cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively |
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| See also | bring | cause to happen / happen or to occur as a consequence |
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| Similar to | provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur |
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| Spanish | agitar, conjurar, despertar, evocar, exponer, invitar, invocar, llamar, recaudar, remover, revolver, traer |
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| Catalan | invocar |
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English > bring up: 8 senses > verb 4, motion| Meaning | Raise from a lower to a higher position. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Model | The men bring up the chairs |
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| Synonyms | raise, lift, elevate, get up |
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| Cause to | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
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| Narrower | chin, chin up | Raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar |
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| get up | Cause to rise |
| heighten | increase the height of |
| hike, hike up, boost | increase |
| hoist, lift, wind | Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help |
| hoist, run up | Raise |
| hoist | Move from one place to another by lifting |
| jack, jack up | Lift with a special device |
| kick up | Cause to rise by kicking |
| levitate | Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity |
| pick up, lift up, gather up | Take and lift upward |
| pinnacle | Raise on or as if on a pinnacle |
| pump | Raise (gases or fluids) with a pump |
| raise, leaven, prove | Cause to puff up with a leaven |
| rear, erect | Cause to rise up |
| shoulder | Lift onto one's shoulders |
| skid | elevate onto skids |
| trice, trice up | Raise with a line |
| underlay | Raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| See also | bring | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere |
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| Opposite | lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down | Move something or somebody to a lower position |
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| Spanish | alzar, aumentar, elevar, levantar, subir, traer |
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| Catalan | aixecar, alçar, elevar, enlairar, pujar |
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English > bring up: 8 senses > verb 7, communication| Meaning | make reference to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | mention, advert, cite, name, refer |
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| Narrower | commend, remember | mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship |
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| cross-refer | refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists |
| drag up, dredge up | mention something unpleasant from the past |
| invoke, appeal | cite as an authority |
| namedrop | refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them |
| quote, cite | refer to for illustration or proof |
| raise, bring up | Put forward for consideration or discussion |
| remember | mention favorably, as in prayer |
| speak of the devil | mention someone's name who just then appears |
| touch on | refer to or discuss briefly |
| Broader | think of, have in mind, mean | Intend to refer to |
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| Spanish | advertir, aludir, citar, mencionar, mentar, nombrar, referir |
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| Catalan | al·ludir, citar, esmentar, mencionar, nomenar, referir |
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