bring up

bring up
    v 1: 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" [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke},
         {evoke}, {stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put
         forward}, {call forth}]
    2: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: {rear},
       {raise}, {bring up}, {nurture}, {parent}]
    3: promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was
       brought up to the major league"
    4: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands";
       "Lift a load" [syn: {raise}, {lift}, {elevate}, {get up},
       {bring up}] [ant: {bring down}, {get down}, {let down},
       {lower}, {take down}]
    5: cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in
       shock"
    6: put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the
       question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" [syn:
       {raise}, {bring up}]
    7: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with
       the invention" [syn: {mention}, {advert}, {bring up}, {cite},
       {name}, {refer}]
    8: cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial
       processes; "boot your computer" [syn: {boot}, {reboot},
       {bring up}]
    

138 Moby Thesaurus words for "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