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 Definitions of rear  [ɪər]  

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Definition of 'rear' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) rear
the back of something, as distinguished from the front.

2.  rear
the space or position at the back of something:
Move to the rear of the bus.

3.  rear
the buttocks; rump.

4.  rear
the hindmost portion of an army, fleet, etc.

5. (adj.) rear
pertaining to or situated at the rear:
the rear door.

6. (v.t.) rear
to take care of and support up to maturity:
to rear a child.

7.  rear
to breed and raise (livestock).

8.  rear
to raise by building; erect.

9.  rear
to raise to an upright position:
to rear a ladder.

10.  rear
to lift or hold up; elevate.

11. (v.i.) rear
to rise on the hind legs, as a horse.

12.  rear
to start up in angry excitement or the like (usu. fol. by up).

13.  rear
to rise high, as a building or tower.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME reren, OE ræmacr;ran to raise)

Definition of 'rear' Princeton's 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"


Definition of 'rear' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) rear
the rear
the back part
He ran around to the rear of the house.; the seats in the rear of the car

2.  rear
sb's bottom
I fell on my rear end.

3.  rear
bring up the rear
to be last in a line or group
The younger children brought up the rear.

4. (adjective) rear
in or near the back
the rear door of the building


Definition of 'rear' Webster 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


Translation of 'rear' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the back part of something
There is a second bathroom at the rear of the house; The enemy attacked the army in the rear.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: van agter, agter Arabic flag Arabic: مُؤَخَّر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: задна част
Brazilian flag Brazilian: retaguarda Czech flag Czech: zadní část; týl German flag German: die Rückseite, die Nachhu
Danish flag Danish: bag; bagtrop Greek flag Greek: το πίσω μέρος από κτ. Spanish flag Spanish: parte trasera
Estonian flag Estonian: tagapool Farsi flag Farsi: پشت؛ عقب Finnish flag Finnish: takaosa
French flag French: arrière Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֲחוֹרִי Hindi flag Hindi: पिछवाड़ा
Croatian flag Croatian: pozadina, zaleđe Hungarian flag Hungarian: hátsó rész Indonesian flag Indonesian: bagian belakang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bakhlið Italian flag Italian: retro, retrovia Japanese flag Japanese: 後ろ
Korean flag Korean: 배후 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: užpakalinė dalis, užnugar Latvian flag Latvian: aizmugure
Malay flag Malay: bahagian belakang Dutch flag Dutch: achterkant Norwegian flag Norwegian: bakside
Polish flag Polish: tył(y) Persian flag Persian: پشت؛ عقب Pashto flag Pashto: دلښكرياجبه خانى ورومتيى ډ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: retaguarda Romanian flag Romanian: spate Russian flag Russian: задняя сторона, часть; ты
Slovak flag Slovak: zadná časť; tyl Slovenian flag Slovenian: zadnji del Serbian flag Serbian: pozadina
Swedish flag Swedish: bakre del, baksida Thai flag Thai: ส่วนหลัง Turkish flag Turkish: geri, arka, art
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 後面 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: тил; спина Urdu flag Urdu: پیچھے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bộ phận đằng sau; hậu phư Chinese flag Chinese: 后部

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