brought up

Definition of brought up in English English dictionary: Simple past tense and past participle of bring up; raised up, brought before, discussed (of an issue, etc.); grown up, raised, educated (of a person)
bring up: To turn on power or start, as of a machine
Wait a minute while I bring up my computer.
bring up: 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.
bring up: To mention
Don't bring up politics if you want to have a quiet conversation with that guy.
bring up: To raise (children)
She did well enough bringing up two sons and a daughter on her own.
bring up: To vomit
I was very ill today; I kept bringing up everything I ate.
bring up: To stop a vehicle; to park
He brought his Ferrari up to the side of the road.
bring up: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
bring up: raise, educate
bring up: promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league"
bring up: 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
bring up: 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
bring up: (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
bring up: cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"
bring up: To stop, as to come to anchor
bring up: promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league
bring up: 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"
bring up: cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"
bring up: (v ) Obsolete term for display
bring up: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
bring up: put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"
bring up: 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
bring up: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

brought up

Turkish pronunciation

brôt ʌp

Pronunciation

/ˈbrôt ˈəp/ /ˈbrɔːt ˈʌp/

Etymology

[ 'bri[ng] ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English bringan; akin to Old High German bringan to bring, Welsh hebrwng to accompany.