1. adjective /ˈrɪɚ/
Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.
2. adverb /ˈrɪɚ/
, Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear! .
3. noun /ˈrɪɚ/
, Nipped with the lagging rear of winters frost. -
, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear. Milton
4. verb /ˈrɪɚ/
a) To raise physically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
, In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me. —
b) To construct by building; to set up; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another.
, Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner. —
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