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rear

UK /ˈɹɪə/US /ˈɹɪɚ/

adjective3

  1. at the back, or in the part furthest from the front
  2. (US) (of meats) Rare.
  3. (dialect) (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.

verb15

  1. To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
  2. To breed and raise.
  3. To rise up on the hind legs.
  4. (literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
  5. (rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
  6. To rise high above, tower above.
  7. (rare) To construct by building; to set up
  8. (UK, vulgar) To sodomize (perform anal sex)
  9. To get angry.
  10. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
  11. To move; stir.
  12. To carve.
  13. (no longer used) To lift and take up.
  14. (no longer used) To rouse; to strip up.
  15. (no longer used) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)

noun3

  1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.
  2. Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
  3. (informal) The buttocks or bottom.

adverb1

  1. (dialect, UK) early; soon
forms

rear'd · reared · rearing · reareth · rears · more rear · rearer · most rear · rearest

Phrases with rear

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