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   rear

   /rɪə/

   verb

   • 1. bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown: "Nigel was born and reared in Bath" Similar bring upcare forlook afternurtureparenteducatetraininstructraise
   • ▪ (of an animal) care for (its young) until they are fully grown.
   • ▪ breed and raise (animals): "the calves are reared for beef" Similar breedraisekeeptend
   • ▪ grow or cultivate (plants): "laboratory-reared plantlets" Similar growcultivate
   • 2. (of a horse or other animal) raise itself upright on its hind legs: "the horse reared in terror"
   • ▪ (of a building, mountain, etc.) extend or appear to extend to a great height: "houses reared up on either side" Similar riserise uptowersoarloom
   • ▪ (of a person) show anger or irritation: "if anyone said the wrong thing, I used to rear up"
   • ▪ set upright: archaic "at once the mast we rear, at once unbind the spacious sheet"

   Word Origin Old Englishrǣran ‘set upright, construct, elevate’, of Germanic origin; related to raise (which has supplanted rear in many applications), also to rise.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rearer noun

   Scrabble Points: 4

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › rearRear Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of REAR is to erect by building : construct. How to use rear in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Rear.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishREAR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   REAR definition: 1. at the back of something: 2. the back part of something: 3. a person's bottom. Learn more.

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   noun. the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house. the space or position behind something: The bus driver asked the passengers to move to the rear. the buttocks; rump. the hindmost portion of an army, fleet, etc.

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › rearRear - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   The rear is the back end of something, like the rear of a school bus or the members of the marching band who stand at the rear of the parade. At the other end of something's front is its rear, whether it's a car or a line of people standing outside a theater.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishREAR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you rear a young animal, you keep and look after it until it is old enough to be used for work or food, or until it can look after itself. [ mainly British ] She spends a lot of time rearing animals.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › rearREAR | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   REAR definition: 1. the back part of something: 2. to be at the back of a group of people who are walking or…. Learn more.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › rear_1rear adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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   Definition of rear adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.