Definition of rears Rears
/ɹɪˈɹz/ - [rirz] -
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Wiktionary 
- rears (Noun)
Plural of rear.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: rears |
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| rear - the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" | ||
| back | ||
| front the side that is seen or that goes first | ||
| side an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" | ||
| after part, stern, poop, tail, quarter the rear part of a ship | ||
| rear - the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" | ||
| backside, back end | ||
| forepart, front end, front the side that is seen or that goes first | ||
| side, face an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" | ||
| nape, nucha, scruff the back side of the neck | ||
| rear - the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear" | ||
| formation the act of fabricating something in a particular shape | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
| rear - 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?" | ||
| buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass | ||
| body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity | ||
| torso, trunk, body the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" | ||
| rear - 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" | ||
| back | ||
| place, position an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups" | ||
Verb |
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| rear - bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" | ||
| raise, bring up, nurture, parent | ||
| grow up become an adult | ||
| fledge grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already" | ||
| cradle run with the stick | ||
| foster help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents" | ||
| rear - cause to rise up | ||
| erect | ||
| elevate, bring up, get up, lift, raise cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock" | ||
| pitch, set up set to a certain pitch; "He pitched his voice very low" | ||
| cock up, prick up, prick raise; "The dog pricked up his ears" | ||
| rear - stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror" | ||
| rise up | ||
| straighten make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair" | ||
| rear back rear backwards on its hind legs; "the frightened horse reared back" | ||
| rear - construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" | ||
| raise, erect, set up, put up | ||
| rase, raze, tear down, pull down, dismantle, take down, level reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" | ||
| construct, build, make draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle" | ||
| building, construction a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" | ||
| rear - rise up; "The building rose before them" | ||
| rise, lift | ||
| seem, appear, look appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters" | ||
| hulk, tower, predominate, loom be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood" | ||
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| rear - located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side" | ||
| rearward | ||
| back located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" | ||
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Wiktionary
- rear (Noun)
The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front. - rear (Noun)
Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest. - rear (Noun)
The buttocks, a creature's bottom. - rear (Verb)
To raise physically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate. - rear (Verb)
To construct by building; to set up. - rear (Verb)
To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally. - rear (Verb)
To lift and take up . - rear (Verb)
To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. - rear (Verb)
To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle cattle-rearing. - rear (Verb)
To rouse; to strip up. - rear (Verb)
To rise up on the hind legs, as a bolting horse. - rear (Verb)
To move; stir. - rear (Verb)
To carve. - rear (Adverb)
early; soon. - rear (Adjective)
Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- rear (adv.)
Early; soon. - rear (n.)
The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to front. - rear (n.)
Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest. - rear (a.)
Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company. - rear (v. t.)
To place in the rear; to secure the rear of. - rear (v. t.)
To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith. - rear (v. t.)
To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another. - rear (v. t.)
To lift and take up. - rear (v. t.)
To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring. - rear (v. t.)
To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle. - rear (v. t.)
To rouse; to stir up. - rear (v. i.)
To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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rear
The fleshy part of the human body that one sits on. -
rear
To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. -
rear
Relating to or located at the rear.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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rear
rēr, n. the back or hindmost part: the last part of an army or fleet.—ns. Rear′-ad′miral, an officer of the third rank, who commands the rear division of a fleet; Rear′dorse, an open fireplace, without a chimney, against the rear wall of a room; Rear′-front, the rear-rank of a body of troops when faced about; Rear′-guard, troops which protect the rear of an army; Rear′horse, an insect of the family Mantidæ; Rear′ing-bit, a bit to prevent a horse from lifting his head when rearing; Rear′ing-box, in fish-culture, a fish-breeder; Rear′-line, the last rank of a battalion, &c., drawn up in open order; Rear′most, last of all; Rear′-rank, the hindermost rank of a body of troops; Rear′ward, Rere′ward, (B.), the rear-guard, the part which comes last. [O. Fr. riere—L. retro, behind.] -
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rēr, v.t. to bring up to maturity: to educate: to erect: (Milt.) to lift upward, as steps: (Spens.) to carry off by force: to stir up.—v.i. to rise on the hind-legs, as a horse.—n. Rear′er, one who rears or raises: in coal-mines, a seam having an inclination of more than 30°. [A.S. rǽran, to raise, the causal of rísan, to rise.] -
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rēr, adj. early: underdone.—adjs. Rear′-boiled; Rear′-roast′ed. [Rare.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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rear
(arriere, Fr.) a name given to the last division of a squadron, or the last squadron of a fleet, and which is accordingly commanded by the third officer of the said fleet or squadron. See the article DIVISION.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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rear
An epithet for anything situated behind another, as the hindmost portion of a fleet or army. (See DIVISION.) To rear an object in view, is to rise or approach it.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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rear
In general acceptation, anything situated or placed behind another. -
rear
The direction opposite the enemy. The opposite of front.
Wikipedia 
- The rear of something is the backside or the tail-end of it. For example, the blurb is usually on the rear (Back) of a book.
