Rear

Word REAR
Character 4
Hyphenation rear
Pronunciations /ɹɪə/

Definitions and meanings of "Rear"

What do we mean by rear?

A hind part. noun

The point or area farthest from the front. noun

The part of a military deployment usually farthest from the fighting front. noun

The buttocks. noun

Of, at, or located in the rear. adjective

To care for (children or a child) during the early stages of life; bring up. intransitive verb

To tend (growing plants or animals). intransitive verb

To build; erect. intransitive verb

To lift upright; raise. intransitive verb

To rise on the hind legs, as a horse. intransitive verb

To rise high in the air; tower. intransitive verb

Underdone; nearly raw; rare: formerly said of eggs, now (in the United States, in the form rare) of meats. Compare rear-boiled, rear-roasted.

To move; stir.

To carve: applied to the carving of geese.

To send to or place in the rear.

The space behind or at the back; a tract or a position lying backward; the background of a situation or a point of view. noun

The back or hinder part; that part of anything which is placed or comes last in order or in position. noun

In specific military use, the hindmost body of an army or a fleet; the corps, regiment, squadron, or other division which moves or is placed last in order: opposed to van: as, the rear was widely separated from the main body. noun

Pertaining to or situated in the rear; hindermost; last: as, the rear rank.

Same as rare.

To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.

(said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.

To rise up on the hind legs

(usually with "up") To get angry.

To rise high above, tower above.

To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.

To construct by building; to set up

To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.

To lift and take up.

To rouse; to strip up.

The word "rear" in example sentences

From the rear entry opens a door to the kitchen, passing by the _rear_ chamber stairs. ❋ Lewis Falley Allen (1845)

; front = 0; rear = -1; nItems = 0; public void insertFront (int j) if (front = = 0) front = maxsize; queArray [-- front] = j; nItems++; public void insertRear (int j) if (rear = = maxsize-1) rear = -1; queArray [++rear] ❋ Saggykulji (2010)

On the first floor in the rear is the main screening room, not large yet not small, and certainly comfortable. ❋ Stewart Nusbaumer (2010)

Your only real MSM competition for bringing up the rear is the Grey Lady herself – the New York Times. ❋ Unknown (2005)

At the rear is an "express" sight, which consists of a single fixed open sight, and two or three flip-up sight blades all in a row, mounted on a rib on the barrel. ❋ Unknown (2004)

GRANGE: Well, that's a key part, because as you're doing this forward fight, what about what you call your rear-area security. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But we have what we call a rear spoiler on the deck lid that the air comes over the back glass and it hits that spoiler and it drives the back end to the ground. ❋ Unknown (1988)

Four paces in the rear is the attitude of all the women of Asia to the risen. ❋ Unknown (1930)

At the rear is a large table on which burn hundreds of butter-lamps, and above it rise, layer upon layer, a series of butter bas-reliefs of most exquisite workmanship. ❋ Unknown (1901)

No left wing conspiracy here, the kick in the rear is Newt's and Newt's alone. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It takes a while to get used to this but driving along a roadway with a Mac Truck an inch off your rear is instructive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It takes a while to get used to this but driving along a roadway with a Mac Truck an inch off your rear is instructive ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama WH toilet paper hangs with loose leaf in rear, not on top of roll – FAIL ❋ Unknown (2010)

I would like to use the Irons on mine, but the rear is missing the adjustment ramp. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The rear is printed with the Other Critera logo and the clock name. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As a buddy of mine said if you use that much ammo in your defense without getting hit the horseshoe up your rear is sure to slow you down. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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