rear
IPA: rˈɪr
noun
- The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.
- (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
- (anatomy) The buttocks or bottom.
verb
- (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- (transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
- (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs
- (intransitive, usually with "up") To get angry.
- (intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
- (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- (transitive, rare) To construct by building; to set up
- (transitive, rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- (transitive, obsolete) To lift and take up.
- (transitive, obsolete) To rouse; to strip up.
- To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- (transitive, vulgar, Britain) To sodomize (perform anal sex)
- (transitive) To move; stir.
- (transitive, of geese) To carve.
- (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
adjective
- Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost
- (now chiefly dialectal) (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
- (chiefly US) (of meats) Rare.
adverb
- (Britain, dialect) early; soon
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Examples of "rear" in Sentences
- Photo shows the rear of the depot.
- The cabin had a lavatory in the rear.
- Amrozi was asleep in the rear of the house.
- Near the rear of the cemetery is the grotto.
- The church graveyard is to the rear of the church.
- The engine compartment is at the rear of the hull.
- The engine was located at the rear of the vehicle.
- Fenestration on the rear is asymmetrical and irregular.
- A rear hood is connected to the machine and located behind the grating.
- In the rear, Airflows encased the rear wheels through the use of fender skirts.
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