rear > define

noun

• The back of a military formation or procession.
  • usage: "infantrymen were in the rear"
• The side of an object that is opposite its front.
  • usage: "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
  • synonyms: backside, back end
• The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer.
  • usage: "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
  • synonyms: back
• The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
  • usage: "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing"
  • synonyms: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
• The side that goes last or is not normally seen.
  • usage: "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
  • synonyms: back

verb

• Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds.
  • usage: "The horse reared in terror"
  • synonyms: rise up
• Bring up.
  • usage: "raise a family"; "bring up children"
  • synonyms: raise, bring up, nurture, parent
• Rise up.
  • usage: "The building rose before them"
  • synonyms: rise, lift
• Cause to rise up.
  • synonyms: erect
• Construct, build, or erect.
  • usage: "Raise a barn"
  • synonyms: raise, erect, set up, put up

adjective

• Located in or toward the back or rear.
  • usage: "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side"
  • synonyms: rearward

• (v.t.) To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.
• (v.i.) To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.
• (v.t.) To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
• (v.t.) To rouse; to stir up.
• (v.t.) To lift and take up.
• (v.t.) To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another.
• (n.) The back or hindmost part; that which is behind or last in order; -- opposed to front.
• (a.) Being behind or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.
• (adv.) Early; soon.
• (v.t.) To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.
• (n.) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last or is stationed behind the rest.
• (v.t.) To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.