Rear

Quick meaning: Rear is a verb meaning (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
2. (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs.
3. (intransitive, usually with "up") To get angry.
4. (intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
5. (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
6. (transitive, rare) To construct by building; to set up
7. (transitive, rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.

Example Sentences

The monster slowly reared its head.

The horse was shocked, and thus reared.

The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years.

Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner.

Word Forms

• rears
• rearing
• reared
• rearer
• rearest

Synonyms for rear

Depending on context, synonyms include prance, rear end, stern, butt, ass, rise.

Antonyms for rear

Common opposites include front, head, level, raze, dismantle, pull down.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include parent, erect, seat, arse, keister, butt.

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