rear

[ reer ]

/ rɪər /

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verb (used with object)

to take care of and support up to maturity: to rear a child.

to breed and raise (livestock).

to raise by building; erect.

to raise to an upright position: to rear a ladder.

to lift or hold up; elevate; raise.

verb (used without object)

to rise on the hind legs, as a horse or other animal.

(of a person) to start up in angry excitement, hot resentment, or the like (usually followed by up).

to rise high or tower aloft: The skyscraper rears high over the neighboring buildings.

Idioms for rear

rear its (ugly) head. head(def 85).

Origin of rear

before 900; Middle English reren, Old English rǣran to raise; cognate with Gothic -raisjan, Old Norse reisa

SYNONYMS FOR rear

1 nurture, raise.

3 construct.

5 loft.

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usage note for rear

1. See raise.

OTHER WORDS FROM rear

un·reared, adjective well-reared, adjective

Words nearby rear

reappoint, reapportion, reapportionment, reappraisal, reappraise, rear, rear adm., rear admiral, rear deck, rear echelon, rear end

Example sentences from the Web for rearing

“Sometimes circumstances of rearing and living can get in the way,” she wrote in an email.

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She built her political career in the most isolated place imaginable, and reached high office while rearing five children.

Why Palin Drives Us All Mad |Tunku Varadarajan |March 31, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The rearing of the child after it is born is of small consequence beside the rearing of it before it is born.

A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) |Charles Creighton
Now, many people, who never throughtthought of rearing a butterfly, are giving careful attention to them in all their stages.

Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do |Anonymous

There was a confused mle of rearing horses, men leaning in the saddle, firing with pistols and slashing with sabres.

In Hostile Red |Joseph Altsheler
Ye can't make a woman into a man by any method of rearing, for there are six thousand years of ancestry to overcome.

Nancy Stair |Elinor Macartney Lane
Round and round he went, rearing and plunging, until I was quite exhausted.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, v. 3, number 18 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for rearing (1 of 2)

rear ¹

/ (rɪə) /

noun

the back or hind part

the area or position that lies at the back a garden at the rear of the house

the section of a military force or procession farthest from the front

the buttocks See buttock

bring up the rear to be at the back in a procession, race, etc

in the rear at the back

(modifier) of or in the rear the rear legs; the rear side

Word Origin for rear

C17: probably abstracted from rearward or rearguard

British Dictionary definitions for rearing (2 of 2)

rear ²

/ (rɪə) /

verb

(tr) to care for and educate (children) until maturity; bring up; raise

(tr) to breed (animals) or grow (plants)

(tr) to place or lift (a ladder, etc) upright

(tr) to erect (a monument, building, etc); put up

(intr often foll by up) (esp of horses) to lift the front legs in the air and stand nearly upright

(intr ; often foll by up or over) (esp of tall buildings) to rise high; tower

(intr) to start with anger, resentment, etc

Derived forms of rear

rearer, noun

Word Origin for rear

Old English rǣran; related to Old High German rēren to distribute, Old Norse reisa to raise

Idioms and Phrases with rearing

rear

In addition to the idioms beginning with rear

rear end
rear its ugly head

also see:

bring up the rear

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