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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rear \Rear\, v. i. To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect. [1913 Webster] {Rearing bit}, a bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting his head when rearing. --Knight. [1913 Webster] Reardorse From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rear \Rear\ (r[=e]r), v. t. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of. [R.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rear \Rear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reared} (r[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rearing}.] [AS. r[=ae]ran to raise, rear, elevate, for r[=ae]san, causative of r[imac]san to rise. See {Rise}, and cf. {Raise}.] 1. To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith. [1913 Webster] In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me. --Milton. [1913 Webster] It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] 2. To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another. [1913 Webster] One reared a font of stone. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 3. To lift and take up. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster] And having her from Trompart lightly reared, Upon his courser set the lovely load. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 4. To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring. [1913 Webster] He wants a father to protect his youth, And rear him up to virtue. --Southern. [1913 Webster] 5. To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle. [1913 Webster] 6. To rouse; to stir up. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And seeks the tusky boar to rear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Syn: To lift; elevate; erect; raise; build; establish. See the Note under {Raise}, 3 (c) . [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rear \Rear\ (r[=e]r), adv. Early; soon. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear? --Gay. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rear \Rear\, n. [OF. riere behind, backward, fr. L. retro. Cf. {Arrear}.] 1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to {front}. [1913 Webster] Nipped with the lagging rear of winter's frost. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest. [1913 Webster] When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear. --Milton. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rear \Rear\, a. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company. [1913 Webster] {Rear admiral}, an officer in the navy, next in rank below a vice admiral and above a commodore. See {Admiral}. {Rear front} (Mil.), the rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position. {Rear guard} (Mil.), the division of an army that marches in the rear of the main body to protect it; -- used also figuratively. {Rear line} (Mil.), the line in the rear of an army. {Rear rank} (Mil.), 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. {To bring up the rear}, to come last or behind. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: rear adj 1: located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side" [syn: {rear(a)}, {rearward(a)}] n 1: the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear" [ant: {head}] 2: the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" [syn: {rear}, {backside}, {back end}] [ant: {forepart}, {front}, {front end}] 3: 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" [syn: {back}, {rear}] [ant: {front}] 4: 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?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates}, {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can}, {fundament}, {hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}] 5: the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" [syn: {rear}, {back}] [ant: {front}] v 1: stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror" [syn: {rear}, {rise up}] 2: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: {rear}, {raise}, {bring up}, {nurture}, {parent}] 3: rise up; "The building rose before them" [syn: {rise}, {lift}, {rear}] 4: cause to rise up [syn: {rear}, {erect}] 5: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: {raise}, {erect}, {rear}, {set up}, {put up}] [ant: {dismantle}, {level}, {pull down}, {rase}, {raze}, {take down}, {tear down}]