noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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

Adjective

1. 1
   rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

breedingerectraisinganabaticapotheosisapprenticeship

Example

More examples

"Doctors are not, as a rule, trained in child rearing."

Etymology

From Middle English rerynge (“raising”).

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