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Definitions of 'Rear' Wordnet 

1. (noun) rear
the back of a military formation or procession
"infantrymen were in the rear"

2. (noun) rear, backside, back end
the side of an object that is opposite its front
"his room was toward the rear of the hotel"

3. (noun) back, rear
the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
"he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"

4. (noun) buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
"he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

5. (adj) rear, back
the side that goes last or is not normally seen
"he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

6. (verb) rear(a), rearward(a)
located in or toward the back or rear
"the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side"

7. (verb) rear, rise up
stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
"The horse reared in terror"

8. (verb) rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent
bring up
"raise a family"; "bring up children"

9. (verb) rise, lift, rear
rise up
"The building rose before them"

10. (verb) rear, erect
cause to rise up

11. (verb) raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
construct, build, or erect
"Raise a barn"


Definitions of 'Rear' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (adj) Rear
being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company

2. (adverb) Rear
early; soon

3. (noun) Rear
the back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to front

4. (noun) Rear
specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest

5. (verb) Rear
to place in the rear; to secure the rear of

6. (verb) Rear
to raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith

7. (verb) Rear
to erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another

8. (verb) Rear
to lift and take up

9. (verb) Rear
to bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring

10. (verb) Rear
to breed and raise; as, to rear cattle

11. (verb) Rear
to rouse; to stir up

12. (verb) Rear
to rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect


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