Definition of "rear"
- verb
To raise physically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
To construct by building; to set up.
To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
To lift and take up.
To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle (cattle-rearing).
To rise up on the hind legs, as a bolting horse.
- adjective
Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.
- noun
Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
The buttocks, a creature's bottom.
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