Antonyms for bring up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : bring |
Phonetic Transcription : brɪŋ |
Definition of bring up
Origin :- Old English bringan "to bring, bring forth, produce, present, offer" (past tense brohte, past participle broht), from Proto-Germanic *brenganan (cf. Old Frisian brenga, Middle Dutch brenghen, Old High German bringan, Gothic briggan); no exact cognates outside Germanic, but it appears to be from PIE root *bhrengk-, compound based on root *bher- (1) "to carry" (cf. Latin ferre; see infer).
- The tendency to conjugate this as a strong verb on the model of sing, drink, etc., is ancient: Old English also had a rare strong past participle form, brungen, corresponding to modern colloquial brung. To bring down the house figuratively (1754) is to elicit applause so thunderous it collapses the roof.
- verb raise youngster
- verb initiate, mention in conversation
- There, go you all on the rock, and I will bring up the Mohicans with the venison.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The officer must bring up his family in accordance with his position.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- The servants had had the forethought to bring up two lamps with them.
- Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
- They should do nothing but live and love, cultivate the soil, and bring up their children.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Why, yes, bring up Dr. Schweninger; he can make me well, I am sure.
- Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
- Richard and the porter will bring up your luggage and the boxes.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- And now how strange that he should bring up the subject in her presence!
- Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
- Romance may have "brought up the nine-fifteen," but it will not bring up potatoes.
- Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
- Bring up your artillery in the centre, and infantry on the left.
- Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
- Bring up that third burro; I want to examine these fragments a little.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
Synonyms for bring up
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