rear
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. located in or toward the back or rear
- the chair's rear legs
- the rear door of the plane
- on the rearward side
adverb
1. (Britain, dialect) early; soon
noun
1. the back of a military formation or procession
- infantrymen were in the rear
Definition categories: group, formation
2. the side of an object that is opposite its front
- his room was toward the rear of the hotel
Similar word(s): backside
Definition categories: location, face, side
3. the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- it was hidden in the rear of the store
Similar word(s): back
Definition categories: location, place, position
4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Similar word(s): backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rump, seat, stern, tail, tush
Definition categories: body
5. the side that goes last or is not normally seen
Similar word(s): back
Definition categories: man–made, side
verb
1. stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
- The horse reared in terror
Definition categories: motion, straighten
2. look after a child until it is an adult
Similar word(s): nurture, parent, raise
Definition categories: social
3. rise up
Definition categories: stative, appear, look, seem
4. cause to rise up
Similar word(s): erect
Definition categories: motion, elevate, lift, raise
5. construct, build, or erect
Definition categories: creation, build, construct, make
Sentences with rear as a verb:
- to rear defenses or houses
- to rear one government on the ruins of another.