Rear

Adjective

 * 1) Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.

Antonyms

 * front

Adverb

 * 1)  early; soon
 * Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear! -- John Gay.

Noun

 * 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
 * 1)  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
 * 1)  The buttocks, a creature's bottom

Synonyms

 * rear end

Verb

 * 1)  To raise physically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
 * In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me. &mdash; Milton
 * Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner. &mdash; Lord Lytton
 * 1)  To construct by building; to set up; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another.
 * One reared a font of stone. &mdash; Alfred Tennyson
 * 1)  To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
 * It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. &mdash; Isaac Barrow
 * 1)  To lift and take up.
 * And having her from Trompart lightly reared, Upon his set the lovely load. &mdash; Edmund Spenser
 * 1)  To bring up to maturity, as  offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
 * He wants a father to protect his youth, and rear him up to virtue. &mdash; Thomas Southerne
 * 1)  To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle (cattle-rearing).
 * 2)  To rouse; to strip up.
 * And seeks the tusky boar to rear. &mdash; John Dryden
 * 1)  To rise up on the hind legs, as a bolting horse.
 * 2)  To sodomize perform anal sex

Synonyms

 * prance


 * build
 * elevate
 * erect
 * establish
 * lift
 * raise

Derived terms

 * raring

Verbs for Rear
bring up—; construct—; dog—; guard—; join—; lay—; —closes; —concludes; —determines; —ends; —finishes; —follows; — lags; —nullifies; —shadows; —skirts; — terminates; —trails; —treads.

Adverbs for Rear
viciously; dangerously; skittishly; wildly; blindly; capriciously; materially; domestically; shelteredly; innocently.

Thesaurus
aft, after, aftermost, apprentice, arena, arise, arse, ascend, ass, assemble, back, backdrop, background, backside, backward, behind, boost, bottom, break, break in, breed, bring up, bristle, build, bulk, bulk large, bum, buoy up, buss the clouds, butt, buttocks, care for, carve, cast, cast up, chisel, cock up, come up, compose, compound, concoct, condition, construct, convert, create, crop, croup, crupper, cultivate, culture, curl upwards, develop, devise, discipline, distance, drill, dryfarm, educate, elaborate, elevate, end, erect, escalate, evolve, exceed, exercise, extract, extrude, fabricate, fanny, farm, fashion, fatten, feed, fetch up, field, fit, flounder, form, formulate, foster, frame, fudge together, garden, get up, go up, groom, ground, grow, grow up, harvest, hatch, haunches, heave, heft, heighten, heist, hike, hind, hind end, hind part, hinder, hindermost, hindhand, hindmost, hindquarters, hinterland, hobbyhorse, hoick, hoist, hold up, house-train, housebreak, improve, indite, jerk up, jump up, keep, knock up, last, levitate, lick into shape, lift, lift up, lob, locale, loft, loom, loom large, lurch, machine, make, make heavy weather, make up, manufacture, mature, mill, mine, mise-en-scene, mold, mount, nates, nurse, nurture, outsoar, outstrip, overtop, patch together, perk up, pick up, piece together, pitch, pitch and toss, plunge, posterior, postern, pound, practice, prefabricate, prepare, process, produce, propagate, pump, put in tune, put to school, put together, put up, raise, raise aloft, raise up, ramp, ranch, ready, rear aloft, rear end, rear guard, rear up, rearmost, rearward, reel, refine, rehearse, retral, retrograde, rise, rise above, rise up, rock, roll, rump, run, run up, scend, scene, seat, send to school, set up, setting, shape, sharecrop, sit bolt upright, sit up, sky, smelt, soar, spiral, spire, stage, stage set, stage setting, stand on tiptoe, stand out, stand up, stand upright, stern, stick up, surge, swarm up, sway, sweep up, swing, tag end, tail, tail end, take in hand, take up, theater, throw up, toss, toss and tumble, tower, tower above, train, transcend, tumble, tush, tushy, up, upbuoy, upcast, upend, upgo, upgrow, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, upright, uprise, upspin, upstream, upsurge, upswarm, upthrow, upwind, wallow, welter, whomp up, write, yaw

Etymology 1
rere:, ultimately from retro:. Compare arrear.

Pronunciation

 * Rhymes -ɪə(r)
 * Rhymes -ɪə(r)
 * Rhymes -ɪə(r)

Etymology 2
From ræran:

Pronunciation

 * Standard
 * Rhymes -ɪə(r)
 * Variant
 * Rhymes -ɛə(r)
 * Compare rere, pronounced, a spelling variant of Etymology 1; which is still current in Ireland, and reflects the (potential) difference of pronunciation of Etymology 2.
 * Variant
 * Rhymes -ɛə(r)
 * Compare rere, pronounced, a spelling variant of Etymology 1; which is still current in Ireland, and reflects the (potential) difference of pronunciation of Etymology 2.
 * Compare rere, pronounced, a spelling variant of Etymology 1; which is still current in Ireland, and reflects the (potential) difference of pronunciation of Etymology 2.

Adjective

 * Czech: zadní
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Japanese: 後ろの, 後方の
 * Russian:

Noun

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 後方
 * Russian: задняя часть, задняя сторона


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: takajoukko
 * French: arrière-garde
 * German:
 * Hungarian: hátvéd


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: しんがり
 * Russian:


 * Dutch:, ,


 * French:


 * : 后面 (hòumian)
 * : megbe
 * : arrière
 * : arrière


 * : 배후의 (baehu-ui)
 * : posterior
 * : posterior
 * : baksides

Derived terms

 * rear admiral
 * rear echelon
 * rear end
 * rear front -, the rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position.
 * rear guard
 * rearhorse
 * rear line -, the line in the rear of an army.


 * rearmost
 * rearmouse
 * rear rank -, 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.
 * rearward
 * bring up the rear - to come last or behind.
 * rearing bit - a bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting his head when rearing.

Verb

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish:


 * Japanese:
 * Russian:,  ; возвышать , возвысить ; возносить , вознести
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: erigir


 * Dutch:


 * French:


 * Dutch:, construeren
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: そびえ立つ
 * Russian: возводить, возвести ; воздвигать , водвигнуть ; сооружать , соорудить


 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Ewe: nyi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: aufziehen, erziehen, großziehen


 * Irish:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Irish:


 * Japanese:, 飼育する
 * Russian: выращивать ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: nousta takajaloilleen


 * Japanese: 後ろ足立ちする
 * Russian: вставать на дыбы

Anagrams

 * rare