bring up

Definition of bring up in English English dictionary: To turn on power or start, as of a machine
Wait a minute while I bring up my computer.; 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.; To mention
Don't bring up politics if you want to have a quiet conversation with that guy.; To raise (children)
She did well enough bringing up two sons and a daughter on her own.; To vomit
I was very ill today; I kept bringing up everything I ate.; To stop a vehicle; to park
He brought his Ferrari up to the side of the road.; raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"; raise, educate; promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league"; When someone brings up a child, they look after it until it is an adult. If someone has been brought up in a certain place or with certain attitudes, they grew up in that place or were taught those attitudes when they were growing up. She brought up four children His grandmother and his father brought him up We'd been brought up to think that borrowing money was bad I was brought up a Methodist. = raise; If someone brings up food or wind, food or air is forced up from their stomach through their mouth. It's hard for the baby to bring up wind; (To Brioche (2 syl ) A sort of bun or cake common in France, and now pretty generally sold in England When Marie Antoinette was talking about the bread riots of Paris during the 5th and 6th October, 1789, the Duchesse de Polignac naÃ¯vely exclaimed, “How is it that these silly people are so clamorous for bread, when they can buy such nice brioches for a few sous?” This was in spirit not unlike the remark of our own Princess Charlotte, who avowed “that she would for her part rather eat beef than starve, ” and wondered that the people should be so obstinate as to insist upon having bread when it was so scarce; cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"; To stop, as to come to anchor; promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league; evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"; cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"; (v ) Obsolete term for display; bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"; put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"; If you bring up a particular subject, you introduce it into a discussion or conversation. He brought up a subject rarely raised during the course of this campaign Why are you bringing it up now? = raise; make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"