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rear [a]
 
1)located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side"
    Synonyms :rearward 
    See Also: back 
 
rear [n]
 
1)the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: formation  armed_forces  head 
 
2)the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
    Synonyms :back_end backside 
    See Also: face  forepart  nape  rearward 
 
3)the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
    Synonyms :back 
    See Also: place  front 
 
4)the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
    Synonyms :arse ass backside behind bottom bum buns butt buttocks can derriere fanny fundament hind_end hindquarters keister nates posterior prat rear_end rump seat stern tail tail_end tooshie tush 
    See Also: body_part  body 
 
5)the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
    Synonyms :back 
    See Also: side  back  front  after_part  empennage 
 
rear [v]
 
1)stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"
    Synonyms :rise_up 
    See Also: straighten  rear_back 
 
2)bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
    Synonyms :bring_up nurture parent raise 
    See Also: grow_up  parent  parentage  birth  ancestry  breeding  nurture  fledge  cradle  foster 
 
3)rise up; "The building rose before them"
    Synonyms :lift rise 
    See Also: appear  rise  hulk 
 
4)cause to rise up
    Synonyms :erect 
    See Also: bring_up  erecting  pitch  cock_up 
 
5)construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
    Synonyms :erect put_up raise set_up 
    See Also: build  building  erection  erecting  dismantle 
 




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