What does rear mean in English? Meaning of rear definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "rear": the back of a military formation or procession
Noun
Meaning: the back of a military formation or processionExample: infantrymen were in the rearSynonyms: rearHypernyms: formationAntonyms: headMeaning of "rear": stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
Verb
Meaning: stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupedsExample: The horse reared in terrorSynonyms: rear
rise upHyponyms: rear backHypernyms: straightenMeaning of "rear": located in or toward the back or rear
Adjective
Meaning: located in or toward the back or rearExample: the chair's rear legs
the rear door of the plane
on the rearward sideSynonyms: rear
rearwardSimilar: backMeaning of "rear": the side of an object that is opposite its front
Noun
Meaning: the side of an object that is opposite its frontExample: his room was toward the rear of the hotelSynonyms: back end
backside
rearHyponyms: nape
nucha
rearward
scruffHypernyms: face
sideAntonyms: forepart
front
front endMeaning of "rear": bring up
Verb
Meaning: bring upExample: raise a family
bring up childrenSynonyms: bring up
nurture
parent
raise
rearHyponyms: cradle
fledge
fosterMeaning of "rear": the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
Noun
Meaning: the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewerExample: he stood at the back of the stage
it was hidden in the rear of the storeSynonyms: back
rearHypernyms: place
positionAntonyms: frontMeaning of "rear": rise up
Verb
Meaning: rise upExample: The building rose before themSynonyms: lift
rear
riseHyponyms: hulk
loom
predominate
towerHypernyms: appear
look
seemMeaning of "rear": the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Noun
Meaning: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit onExample: 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
rear end
rump
seat
stern
tail
tail end
tooshie
tushHypernyms: body partMeaning of "rear": cause to rise up
Verb
Meaning: cause to rise upSynonyms: erect
rearHyponyms: cock up
pitch
prick
prick up
set upHypernyms: bring up
elevate
get up
lift
raiseMeaning of "rear": the side that goes last or is not normally seen
Noun
Meaning: the side that goes last or is not normally seenExample: he wrote the date on the back of the photographSynonyms: back
rearHyponyms: after part
empennage
poop
quarter
stern
tail
tail assemblyHypernyms: sideAntonyms: frontMeaning of "rear": construct, build, or erect
Verb
Meaning: construct, build, or erectExample: Raise a barnSynonyms: erect
put up
raise
rear
set upHypernyms: build
construct
makeAntonyms: dismantle
level
pull down
rase
raze
take down
tear downAdjective: (transitive) To raise physically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate. (Can we date this quote?) Milton In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me. (Can we date this quote?) Lord Lytton Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner.(Can we date this quote?) Milton In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me.(Can we date this quote?) Lord Lytton Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner.(transitive) To construct by building; to set up to rear defenses or houses to rear one government on the ruins of another. (Can we date this quote?) Alfred Tennyson One reared a font of stone.(Can we date this quote?) Alfred Tennyson One reared a font of stone.(transitive) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally. (Can we date this quote?) Isaac Barrow It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts.(Can we date this quote?) Isaac Barrow It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts.(transitive, obsolete) To lift and take up. (Can we date this quote?) Edmund Spenser And having her from Trompart lightly reared, Upon his set the lovely load.(Can we date this quote?) Edmund Spenser And having her from Trompart lightly reared, Upon his set the lovely load.(transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. (Can we date this quote?) Thomas Southerne He wants a father to protect his youth, and rear him up to virtue.(Can we date this quote?) Thomas Southerne He wants a father to protect his youth, and rear him up to virtue.(transitive) To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle (cattle-rearing).(transitive, obsolete) To rouse; to strip up. (Can we date this quote?), John Dryden And seeks the tusky boar to rear.(Can we date this quote?), John Dryden And seeks the tusky boar to rear.(intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs, as a bolting horse.Synonyms:
hinder, last, reverse, behind, rearward, hind, posterior, tail, stern, following, postern, aft, after, astern, backward, hindmost, rearmost, mizzen, dorsal, hindermost, retral, rear end, back door, bottom, backside, back, tail, butt, buttocks, end, reverse, rearward, hind, behind, seat, posterior, stern, rump, tush, postern, heel, tail end, back end, tailpiece, hindquarters, afterpart, back seat, hind part, rear guard, breed, bring up, educate, foster, train, propagate, nurse, nurture, grow, cultivate, care for, bring up, raise, turn up, loom, uphold, support, upraise, jump, elevate, leap, hoist, tower, uplift, soar, hold up, pick up, take up, set upright, spring up, raise, fabricate, construct, erect, put up, set up, uprear,
Antonyms:
front, preceding, first, beginning, front, beginning, ignore, destroy, neglect, abandon, drop, fall, decrease, destroy, abandon, drop, lower, neglect, fall, demolish, destroy, ruin, raze, break, abandon, neglect, drop, fall,
