About The Word Rear
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Rear Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Rear?
[n] the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
[n] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on [n] the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear" [n] 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" [n] the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" [v] construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [v] as of quadrupeds [v] cause to rise up [v] bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [v] rise up; "The building rose before them" Synonyms | Synonyms for Rear: arse | ass | back | back | back end | backside | backside | behind | bottom | bring up | bum | buns | butt | buttocks | can | derriere | erect | erect | fanny | fundament | hind end | hindquarters | keister | lift | nates | nurture | parent | posterior | prat | put up | raise | raise | rear end | rise | rise up | rump | seat | set up | stern | tail | tail end | tooshie | tush Related Terms | Find terms related to Rear: See Also | after part | appear | body | body part | bring up | build | cock up | construct | cradle | elevate | empennage | face | fledge | formation | foster | get up | grow up | hulk | lift | look | loom | make | nape | nucha | pitch | place | poop | position | predominate | prick | prick up | quarter | raise | rear back | rearward | scruff | seem | set up | side | side | stern | straighten | tail | tail assembly | torso | tower | trunk Rear In Webster's Dictionary \Rear\, adv.
Early; soon. [Prov. Eng.]
Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear! --Gay.
\Rear\, n. [OF. riere behind, backward, fr. L. retro. Cf. {Arrear}.] 1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; -- opposed to {front}. Nipped with the lagging rear of winter's frost. --Milton. 2. Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest. When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear. --Milton. \Rear\, a. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company. {Rear admiral}, an officer in the navy, next in rank below a vice admiral, and above a commodore. See {Admiral}. {Rear front} (Mil.), the rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position. {Rear guard} (Mil.), the division of an army that marches in the rear of the main body to protect it; -- used also figuratively. {Rear line} (Mil.), the line in the rear of an army. {Rear rank} (Mil.), the rank or line of a body of troops which is in the rear, or last in order. {Rear sight} (Firearms), the sight nearest the breech. {To bring up the rear}, to come last or behind. \Rear\, v. t. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of. [R.] \Rear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rearing}.] [AS. r[=ae]ran to raise, rear, elevate, for r[=ae]san, causative of r[=i]san to rise. See {Rise}, and cf. {Raise}.] 1. To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith. In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me. --Milton. It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. --Barrow. Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner. --Ld. Lytton. 2. To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another. One reared a font of stone. --Tennyson. 3. To lift and take up. [Obs. or R.] And having her from Trompart lightly reared, Upon his set the lovely load. --Spenser. 4. To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring. He wants a father to protect his youth, And rear him up to virtue. --Southern. 5. To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle. 6. To rouse; to strip up. [Obs.] And seeks the tusky boar to rear. --Dryden. Syn: To lift; elevate; erect; raise, build; establish. See the Note under {Raise}, 3 (c) . \Rear\, v. i. To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect. {Rearing bit}, a bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting his head when rearing. --Knight. |
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