Rear

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Adverb 1.4 Noun 1.5 Verb 1.6 Anagrams 1.7 Derived terms 1.8 Synonyms 1.9 Usage note

English

Pronunciation

\Rear\

Adjective

rear

1. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.

Adverb

rear

1. early; soon Prov. Eng.

   Quotation: Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear! --Gay.

Noun

Rear (plural Rears)

1. Cf.: Arrear.
2. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; -- opposed to front.

   Quotation: Nipped with the lagging rear of winter's frost. --w:Milton

3. (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.

   Quotation: When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear. --Milton

Verb

to rear (third-person singular simple present rears, present participle rearing, simple past reared, past participle reared) ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) - except where noted

1. ((rare{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
2. To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.

   Quotation: In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me. --Milton

   Quotation: It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. --Barrow

   Quotation: Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner. --Ld. Lytton

3. To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another.

   Quotation: One reared a font of stone. --Tennyson

4. ((obsolete{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To lift and take up.

   Quotation: And having her from Trompart lightly reared, Upon his set the lovely load. --Spenser

5. To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.

   Quotation: He wants a father to protect his youth, And rear him up to virtue. --Southern

6. To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.
7. ((obsolete{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To rouse; to strip up.

   Quotation: And seeks the tusky boar to rear. --Dryden

8. ((intransitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.

Anagrams

• rare

Derived terms

• Rear admiral, an officer in the navy, next in rank below a vice admiral, and above a commodore. See admiral.
• Rear front (Mil.), the rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position.
• Rear guard (Mil.), the division of an army that marches in the rear of the main body to protect it; -- used also figuratively.
• Rear line (Mil.), the line in the rear of an army.
• Rear rank (Mil.), the rank or line of a body of troops which is in the rear, or last in order.
• Rear sight (Firearms), the sight nearest the breech.
• To bring up the rear, to come last or behind.
• Rearing bit, a bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting his head when rearing. --w:Knight.

Synonyms

• build
• elevate
• erect
• establish
• lift
• raise

Usage note

See note under raise.

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