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| 1. | [ noun ] (military) the back of a military formation or procession | |
| Examples: | "infantrymen were in the rear" |
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| Related terms: | head formation military | |
| 2. | [ verb ] stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds | |
| Synonyms: | rise_up | |
| Examples: | "The horse reared in terror" |
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| Related terms: | rise rear_back | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the side of an object that is opposite its front | |
| Synonyms: | back_end backside | |
| Examples: | "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" |
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| Related terms: | front side rearward nape | |
| 4. | [ noun ] the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer | |
| Synonyms: | back | |
| Examples: | : "he stood at the back of the stage" "it was hidden in the rear of the store" |
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| Related terms: | front position | |
| 5. | [ verb ] bring up | |
| Synonyms: | raise bring_up parent nurture | |
| Examples: | "raise a family" "bring up children" |
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| Related terms: | cradle fledge foster parent lineage breeding raising grow_up | |
| 6. | [ verb ] rise up | |
| Synonyms: | rise lift | |
| Examples: | "The building rose before them" |
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| Related terms: | look loom upgrade | |
| 7. | [ verb ] cause to rise up | |
| Synonyms: | erect | |
| Related terms: | raise prick_up pitch erecting | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] located in or toward the back or rear; the chair's rear legs" | |
| Synonyms: | rearward | |
| Examples: | "the rear door of the plane" "on the rearward side" |
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| Related terms: | back | |
| 9. | [ noun ] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | |
| Synonyms: | seat ass bottom rear_end tail behind buttocks stern hindquarters fundament hind_end keister bum backside posterior prat buns tail_end tooshie tush rump can derriere fanny butt nates arse | |
| Examples: | "he deserves a good kick in the butt" "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" |
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| Related terms: | body_part torso | |
| 10. | [ verb ] construct, build, or erect | |
| Synonyms: | erect set_up put_up raise | |
| Examples: | "Raise a barn" |
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| Related terms: | level construct construction erecting | |
| 11. | [ noun ] the side that goes last or is not normally seen | |
| Synonyms: | back | |
| Examples: | "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" |
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| Related terms: | front side stern tail back | |
| Similar spelling: |
rehear Reyer rewire Reiher |
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