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rear English

Meaning rear meaning

What does rear mean?
Definitions in simple English

rear Noun

— The back of something; something that is behind. I painted the rear of the house.

rear Verb

— To raise or lift up. — To educate and care for a young one until maturity. — To breed or raise livestock.

rear

— noun the back of a military formation or procession infantrymen were in the rear — verb stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds The horse reared in terror — noun the side of an object that is opposite its front his room was toward the rear of the hotel — noun (= back) 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 — adjective (= rearward) located in or toward the back or rear the chair's rear legs the rear door of the plane on the rearward side — verb (= raise, bring up) bring up raise a family bring up children — verb (= rise) rise up The building rose before them — verb cause to rise up — noun (= back) the side that goes last or is not normally seen he wrote the date on the back of the photograph — verb (= raise, erect) construct, build, or erect Raise a barn — noun (= butt, fanny) 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?

Synonyms rear synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as rear?

rear English » English

back raise bring up behind backside hind buttocks breed keep posterior nurture bottom tail rear end educate stern rump foster bum butt nourish lift hindquarters back end tail end grow erect derriere buns ass arse tush tooshie seat nates keister hind end fundament fanny can support rise reverse rearguard prat hind part train stand rearward put up

Topics rear topics

What do people use rear to talk about?
States Parts of things Front

Back
Person Life Stage of life Child

Rear a child
Social behavior Conflict

War
States Quality Shape Horizontal

Vertical
Person Body

Torso
Physical actions Posture

Bend down
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Turn
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Put in back
States Time Relative time Order, sequence

Last
States Location Here, there In front of

Behind

Conjugation rear conjugation

How do you conjugate rear?

rear · verb

Examples rear examples

How do I use rear in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He came out by rear exit so that nobody could see him.
The rear-view mirror fell off.
The people on board thrust their way toward the rear exit.
I'm in the rear car.
The rear tire of my bicycle is flat.
Tom noticed a police car in the rear-view mirror.
Tom's car was rear-ended and he suffered a whiplash injury.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the rear of the building.
The dedicated bike zone is most often at the rear of the train.
I rear cattle.
The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson.
I was rear-ended by a pickup truck.
Tom glanced at the rear-view mirror.
You'll have to use the rear door while the house is being painted.
You people go ahead. We'll bring up the rear.
There's an emergency exit in the rear.
Our rear will be protected.

Movie subtitles

You were adjusting your rear-view mirror.
In the hour of death, I ask you in the name of Jesus Christ to remember your promise to rear my dear son, Leu von Filneck, and give him the adopted name of Curd von Stauffer. God will reward you.
In the hour of death, I ask you in the name of Jesus Christ to remember your promise to rear my dear son, Leu von Filneck,.
And that you rear my dear son, Leu von Filneck, who is with you at this time, and, to rear my dear son, Leu von Filneck,. and give him the adopted name of Curd von Stauffer.
To the rear!
If the attack was from the rear, she had to depend upon her papoose.
THEY'RE ATTACKING FROM THE REAR.
You, who used to rear at the drop of a hat.
Front right fender heavily dented. Bullet holes in rear window of car.
Heading for the rear.
The elevator is to the rear and right.
The elevator.. Is to the rear and to the right.
The African chasseurs went around the smalah to take it from the rear while Colonel Yusuf launched a frontal attack.
I would call them the rear-guard.
We've all been knocked on our rear end at some point.
My left wing has been turned, my rear end has been cut off.
They're attacking from the rear.
Spence? -Yes, Sir. Take six men and reinforce the rear.
Believe me, Mr. Lemel, shouting is a very poor way to rear children.
The reserves. Hurry up! Take up the rear!
More in the rear.
You were adjusting your rear-view mirror. You were doing what any responsible motorist would.
Lieutenant van Hauen's father, rear-admiral van Hauen.
She tries to move the rear-admiral to provide count Spinelli as a witness. She tries to move the rear-admiral to provide count Spinelli as a witness.
As far as the body goes, why, she's all bent on the side and the rear end is way out of line.
Later, he'd already been evacuated to the rear.
Hurry up! Take up the rear!
Only one in the rear, I'm afraid.
There's a blanket in the rear locker.
It started in the hold aft, in the rear basement.

News and current affairs

China views Russia as its strategic rear - and perhaps a base - in its escalating rivalry with the US (though not yet as an ally).
Of course, many social problems run in families; our societies are not egalitarian; people living in poverty tend to rear children who live in poverty.
While particular generational delineations are somewhat arbitrary, they reflect an important trend: the blurring of the military front and the civilian rear.
Indeed, non-working time even for those who hold jobs is increasing, offering ample opportunity to rear children.
But if Russia acts as a reliable rear guard and provider of energy and military hardware, China is unlikely to seriously object to expanding Russian influence.
In The State Of The World's Children 2007, UNICEF reports that gender equality renders a double dividend: healthy, educated women rear healthy, educated children.
But in looking to understand possible future sources of conflict, the best crystal ball may be a rear-view mirror.
But it is also not the mindless preacher of fiscal austerity that it is accused of being - and it should start taking the lead in managing the crisis, rather than holding up the rear.
As the twentieth century recedes in the rear-view mirror, it increasingly seems that, for better or worse, our era's defining manifesto has been Milton Friedman's book Capitalism and Freedom.
When the Great Recession began, many worried that protectionism would rear its ugly head.
Thus, the settling of the border dispute with Russia was not aimed so much at building a geopolitical marriage as securing each other's rear, offering both sides a free hand to explore opportunities elsewhere.
Japan and Britain recovered first and fastest from the Great Depression, Germany and the US followed well behind, and France brought up the rear.
Like the proverbial bus driver fixated on what is happening in his rear view mirror rather than watching what is in front of him, too many bond analysts focus on historical economic data as the key determinant of future performance.

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