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English Dictionary: rear	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rear adj located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side" Synonym(s): rear(a), rearward(a) n the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear" Antonym(s): head the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" Synonym(s): rear, backside, back end Antonym(s): forepart, front, front end the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" Synonym(s): back, rear Antonym(s): front the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" Synonym(s): buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" Synonym(s): rear, back Antonym(s): front v stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror" Synonym(s): rear, rise up bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" Synonym(s): rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent rise up; "The building rose before them" Synonym(s): rise, lift, rear cause to rise up Synonym(s): rear, erect construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" Synonym(s): raise, erect, rear, set up, put up Antonym(s): dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, a. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company. {Rear admiral}, an officer in the navy, next in rank below a vice admiral, and above a commodore. See {Admiral}. {Rear front} (Mil.), the rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position. {Rear guard} (Mil.), the division of an army that marches in the rear of the main body to protect it; -- used also figuratively. {Rear line} (Mil.), the line in the rear of an army. {Rear rank} (Mil.), the rank or line of a body of troops which is in the rear, or last in order. {Rear sight} (Firearms), the sight nearest the breech. {To bring up the rear}, to come last or behind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, adv. Early; soon. [Prov. Eng.] Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear! --Gay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, n. [OF. riere behind, backward, fr. L. retro. Cf. {Arrear}.] 1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; -- opposed to {front}. Nipped with the lagging rear of winter's frost. --Milton. 2. Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest. When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, v. i. To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect. {Rearing bit}, a bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting his head when rearing. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, v. t. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rearing}.] [AS. r[aemac]ran to raise, rear, elevate, for r[aemac]san, causative of r[c6]san to rise. See {Rise}, and cf. {Raise}.] 1. To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith. In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me. --Milton. It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. --Barrow. Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner. --Ld. Lytton. 2. To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another. One reared a font of stone. --Tennyson. 3. To lift and take up. [Obs. or R.] And having her from Trompart lightly reared, Upon his set the lovely load. --Spenser. 4. To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring. He wants a father to protect his youth, And rear him up to virtue. --Southern. 5. To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle. 6. To rouse; to strip up. [Obs.] And seeks the tusky boar to rear. --Dryden. Syn: To lift; elevate; erect; raise, build; establish. See the Note under {Raise}, 3 (c) .