rear in English dictionary

  • rear

    Meanings and definitions of "rear"

    • Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.
    • (UK, dialect) early; soon
    • The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
    • (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
    • (anatomy) The buttocks, a creature's bottom
    • (transitive, vulgar, UK) To sodomize (perform anal sex)
    • (transitive) To raise physically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
    • (transitive) To construct by building; to set up
    • (transitive) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
    • (transitive, obsolete) To lift and take up.
    • (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
    • (transitive) To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle (cattle-rearing).
    • (transitive, obsolete) To rouse; to strip up.
    • (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs, as a bolting horse.
    • adjective
      (now chiefly dialectal)
      ( of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
    • adjective
      (chiefly US)
      ( of meats) Rare.
    • adjective
      Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.
    • adverb
      (Britain, dialect)
      early; soon
    • noun
      The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
    • noun
      (military)
      Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
    • noun
      (anatomy)
      The buttocks, a creature's bottom
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster (usually "raise" in US English).
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle (cattle rearing). (Usually considered less correct than "raise" in U.S. English.)
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To rise up on the hind legs, as a bolting horse.
    • verb
      (intransitive, usually with "up")
      To get angry.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To rise high above, tower above.
    • verb
      (transitive, literary)
      To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
    • verb
      (transitive, rare)
      To construct by building; to set up
    • verb
      (transitive, rare)
      To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To lift and take up.
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To rouse; to strip up.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To move; stir.
    • verb
      (transitive, of geese)
      To carve.
    • verb
      (regional, obsolete)
      To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
    • verb
      To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
    • verb
      (transitive, vulgar, Britain)
      To sodomize (perform anal sex)
    • being behind, or in the hindmost part
    • the back or hindmost part
    • the part of an army or fleet which comes last
    • the posterior, butt(ocks)- only terms with directional notion
    • to lift, raise etc. physically
    • to lift spiritually
    • to set up, construct
    • to bring up to maturity
    • to breed and raise
    • to rise on the hind legs
    • raise (to maturity)
    • rear (part or section)
    • (to) rear
    • support (e.g. family)
    • The fleshy part of the human body that one sits on.
    • To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
    • noun
      the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear"
    • noun
      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?"
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
    • noun
      the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
    • verb
      cause to rise up
    • verb
      construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
    • verb
      look after a child until it is an adult; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
    • verb
      rise up; "The building rose before them"
    • verb
      stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"

    Synonyms of "rear" in English dictionary

    elevate, back end, body part are the top synonyms of "rear" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "rear" in English dictionary

    head, level, front are the top antonyms of "rear" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of rear

    • rear ( plural  rears)
    • nieodm.  nieodmienny lm  liczba mnoga rears st. wyższy  stopień wyższy more rear; st. najwyższy  stopień najwyższy most rear
    • rear ( third-person singular simple present rears, present participle rearing, simple past and past participle reared)
    • rear ( not comparable)
    • rear ( comparative more rear, superlative most rear)
    • rear (comparative rearer or more rear, superlative rearest or most rear)
    • rear (not comparable)
    • rear (comparative more rear, superlative most rear)
    • rear (plural rears)
    • rear (third-person singular simple present rears, present participle rearing, simple past and past participle reared)
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