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Rearing

noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Act of raising young.

    "We studied blowfly rearings in various environmental conditions."

  2. 2
    helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community wordnet
  3. 3
    the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of rear form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rerynge (“raising”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English rerynge (“raising”).

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