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Synonyms
rear1 (rîr)

[Middle English rere, rear of an army, short for rerewarde, rear guard; see rearward2.]

noun 

  1. A hind part.
  2. The point or area farthest from the front: the rear of the hall.
  3. The part of a military deployment usually farthest from the fighting front.
  4. Informal The buttocks.

adjective 

Of, at, or located in the rear.
rear2 (rîr)

[Middle English reren, to raise, from Old English rǣran.]

verb: reared, rear·ing, rears. 

transitive verb 

  1. To care for (children or a child) during the early stages of life; bring up.
  2. To lift upright; raise.
  3. To build; erect.
  4. To tend (growing plants or animals).

intransitive verb 

  1. To rise on the hind legs, as a horse.
  2. To rise high in the air; tower.

derivatives

reaŕer
noun