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What (who) is rear - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Rearing; Rear (disambiguation)
rear
I
n.
1) to bring up the rear
2) at, from, in the rear (the column was attacked from the rear)
II
v. (H) we reared our children to help others
rear
(rears, rearing, reared)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The rear of something such as a building or vehicle is the back part of it.
He settled back in the rear of the taxi.
...a stairway in the rear of the building.
= back
? front
N-SING: the N, usu N of n
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Rear is also an adjective.
Manufacturers have been obliged to fit rear seat belts in all new cars.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
If you are at the rear of a moving line of people, you are the last person in it. (FORMAL)
Musicians played at the front and rear of the procession...
= back
? front
N-SING: the N, usu N of n
3.
Your rear is the part of your body that you sit on. (INFORMAL)
I turned away from the phone to see Lewis pat a waitress on her rear.
= behind
N-COUNT: usu poss N
4.
If you rear children, you look after them until they are old enough to look after themselves.
She reared sixteen children, six her own and ten her husband's...
= bring up, raise
VERB: V n
5.
If you rear a young animal, you keep and look after it until it is old enough to be used for work or food, or until it can look after itself. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use raise
)
)
She spends a lot of time rearing animals.
VERB: V n
6.
When a horse rears, it moves the front part of its body upwards, so that its front legs are high in the air and it is standing on its back legs.
The horse reared and threw off its rider.
VERB: V
7.
If you say that something such as a building or mountain rears above you, you mean that is very tall and close to you.
The exhibition hall reared above me behind a high fence...
= loom
VERB: V prep/adv
8.
If a person or vehicle is bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them.
...police motorcyclists bringing up the rear of the procession.
PHRASE: V inflects
9.
If something unpleasant rears its head or rears its ugly head, it becomes visible or noticeable.
The threat of strikes reared its head again this summer...
PHRASE: V and N inflect
rear
I. n.
1.
Hind part, background.
2.
Hind part (particularly of an army).
II. a.
Rare, raw, little cooked.
III. v. a.
1.
Raise, elevate, lift, raise up.
2.
Exalt, elevate, lift up.
3.
Bring up, raise, educate, instruct, train, foster, cherish, nurse.
4.
Raise, breed.
5.
Stir up, rouse.
6.
Build up, construct, erect.
Examples of use of rear
1. This not only improves rear damping but gives the rear end strength.
2. Commander Coastal Area Rear Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed received Rear Admiral Han Linzhi.
3. It was spewed out the back of the rear, not the back of the rear view mirror.
4. "I pushed [Reagan] up to the right rear . . . his normal position for riding in that car is the right rear.
5. Its suggestions include changing the color of the buildings‘ rear, using glass on the rear and not only on the front facade, and building porches in the rear as well.