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Rear

//ɹɪɹ// adj, adv, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost.. not-comparable

    "the rear rank of a company"

  2. 2
    (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw. dialectal
  3. 3
    (of meats) Rare. US

    "Fred ordered a rear steak along with a glass of beer as he took a seat at an empty table"

Adjective
  1. 1
    located in or toward the back or rear wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    early; soon British, dialectal, not-comparable

    "Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear!"

Noun
  1. 1
    The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.

    "Nipt with the lagging rear of winters froſt."

  2. 2
    the side that goes last or is not normally seen wordnet
  3. 3
    Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.

    "When the fierce Foe hung on our brok'n Rear"

  4. 4
    the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on wordnet
  5. 5
    The buttocks or bottom.
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  1. 6
    the back of a military formation or procession wordnet
  2. 7
    the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer wordnet
  3. 8
    the side of an object that is opposite its front wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. transitive

    "He wants a father to protect his youth, and rear him up to virtue."

  2. 2
    To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
  3. 3
    To move; stir. transitive
  4. 4
    construct, build, or erect wordnet
  5. 5
    To breed and raise. transitive

    "The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years."

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  1. 6
    To sodomize (perform anal sex) British, transitive, vulgar
  2. 7
    To carve. transitive

    "Rear that goose!"

  3. 8
    stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds wordnet
  4. 9
    To rise up on the hind legs. intransitive

    "The horse was shocked, and thus reared."

  5. 10
    To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life) obsolete, regional

    "He healeth the blind and he reareth to life the dead."

  6. 11
    cause to rise up wordnet
  7. 12
    To get angry. intransitive, usually
  8. 13
    look after a child until it is an adult wordnet
  9. 14
    To rise high above, tower above. intransitive
  10. 15
    rise up wordnet
  11. 16
    To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate. literary, transitive

    "Poverty reared its ugly head. (appeared, started, began to have an effect)"

  12. 17
    To construct by building; to set up rare, transitive

    "to rear defenses or houses"

  13. 18
    To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally. rare, transitive

    "It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts."

  14. 19
    To lift and take up. obsolete, transitive

    "And hauing her from Trompart lightly reard, / Vpon his Courser set the louely lode,"

  15. 20
    To rouse; to strip up. obsolete, transitive

    "And seeks the tusky boar to rear."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English reren (“to raise”), from Old English rǣran (“to raise, set upright, promote, exalt, begin, create, give rise to, excite, rouse, arouse, stir up”), from Proto-West Germanic *raiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *raizijaną, *raisijaną (“to cause to rise, raise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to lift oneself, rise”). Cognate with Scots rere (“to construct, build, rear”), Icelandic reisa (“to raise”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raisjan, “to cause to rise, lift up, establish”), German reisen (“to travel”, literally “to rear up and depart”); and a doublet of raise. More at rise. Related to rise and raise, which is used for several of its now archaic or obsolete senses and for some of its senses that are currently more common in other dialects of English.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rere, from Anglo-Norman rere, ultimately from Latin retro. Compare arrear. Doublet of retro.

Etymology 3

From Middle English rere, from Anglo-Norman rere, ultimately from Latin retro. Compare arrear. Doublet of retro.

Etymology 4

From Middle English rere, from Anglo-Norman rere, ultimately from Latin retro. Compare arrear. Doublet of retro.

Etymology 5

From Middle English rere, from Anglo-Norman rere, ultimately from Latin retro. Compare arrear. Doublet of retro.

Etymology 6

From Middle English reren, from Old English hrēran (“to move, shake, agitate”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijaną (“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱroHs- (“to mix, stir, cook”). Cognate with Dutch roeren (“to stir, shake, whip”), German rühren (“to stir, beat, move”), Swedish röra (“to touch, move, stir”), Icelandic hræra (“to stir”).

Etymology 7

From Middle English rere, from Old English hrēr, hrēre (“not thoroughly cooked, underdone, lightly boiled”), from hrēran (“to move, shake, agitate”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijaną (“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱroHs- (“to mix, stir, cook”). Related to Old English hrōr (“stirring, busy, active, strong, brave”), Dutch roeren (“to stir, shake, whip”), German rühren (“to stir, beat, move”), Swedish röra (“to touch, move, stir”), Icelandic hræra (“to stir”).

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