bring up

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bryngen up, dissimilated from Middle English upbryngen (“to bring up, raise”). Doublet of upbring. === Pronunciation === === Verb === bring up (third-person singular simple present brings up, present participle bringing up, simple past and past participle brought up) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring,‎ up: To bring from a lower to a higher position. 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: This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. To mention. To raise or rear (children). To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory) To turn on power or start, as of a machine. (electronics) To check (a newly-assembled printed circuit board) for errors. To vomit. To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion. (cricket) To reach a particular score, especially a milestone. To legally charge and put on trial; to position (someone) for judgement or examination by authority. (obsolete, printing) To level type or make it ready for printing by overlaying it. (transitive) To prepare a vein for an injection. ==== Synonyms ==== (uncover, resurface): bring back ==== Related terms ==== (raise children): upbringing bring up the rear bring up to ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === burping, upbring