释义
[ reer ] SHOW IPA
/ rɪər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
the space or position behind something: The bus driver asked the passengers to move to the rear.
the buttocks; rump.
the hindmost portion of an army, fleet, etc.
adjective pertaining to or situated at the rear of something: the rear door of a bus.
Idioms for rearbring up the rear , to be at the end; follow behind: The army retreated, and the fleeing civilian population brought up the rear.
Origin of rear 1 First recorded in 1590–1600; aphetic variant of arrear
synonym study for rear 5 . See back1 .
Definition for rear (2 of 2) [ reer ] SHOW IPA
/ rɪər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
verb (used with object) to take care of and support up to maturity: to rear a child.
to breed and raise (livestock).
to raise by building; erect.
to raise to an upright position: to rear a ladder.
to lift or hold up; elevate; raise.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object) to rise on the hind legs, as a horse or other animal.
(of a person) to start up in angry excitement, hot resentment, or the like (usually followed by up ).
to rise high or tower aloft: The skyscraper rears high over the neighboring buildings.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of rear 2 before 900; Middle English reren, Old English rǣran to raise; cognate with Gothic -raisjan, Old Norse reisa
SYNONYMS FOR rear 1 nurture, raise.
3 construct.
5 loft.
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words often confused with rear 1 . See raise.
OTHER WORDS FROM rear un·reared, adjective well-reared, adjective Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for rear “Sometimes circumstances of rear ing and living can get in the way,” she wrote in an email.
An Auschwitz Survivor Searches for His Twin on Facebook | Nina Strochlic| March 11, 2013| DAILY BEAST
She built her political career in the most isolated place imaginable, and reached high office while rear ing five children.
Why Palin Drives Us All Mad | Tunku Varadarajan| March 31, 2010| DAILY BEAST
The rear ing of the child after it is born is of small consequence beside the rear ing of it before it is born.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles Creighton
Now, many people, who never throughtthought of rear ing a butterfly, are giving careful attention to them in all their stages.
Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do | Anonymous
There was a confused mle of rear ing horses, men leaning in the saddle, firing with pistols and slashing with sabres.
In Hostile Red | Joseph Altsheler
Ye can't make a woman into a man by any method of rear ing, for there are six thousand years of ancestry to overcome.
Nancy Stair | Elinor Macartney Lane
Round and round he went, rear ing and plunging, until I was quite exhausted.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, v. 3, number 18 | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for rear (1 of 2) noun the back or hind part
the area or position that lies at the back a garden at the rear of the house
the section of a military force or procession farthest from the front
the buttocks See buttock
bring up the rear to be at the back in a procession, race, etc
in the rear at the back
(modifier) of or in the rear the rear legs ; the rear side
SEE MORE SEE LESS Word Origin for rear C17: probably abstracted from rearward or rearguard
British Dictionary definitions for rear (2 of 2) verb (tr) to care for and educate (children) until maturity; bring up; raise
(tr) to breed (animals) or grow (plants)
(tr) to place or lift (a ladder, etc) upright
(tr) to erect (a monument, building, etc); put up
(intr often foll by up ) (esp of horses) to lift the front legs in the air and stand nearly upright
(intr ; often foll by up or over) (esp of tall buildings) to rise high; tower
(intr) to start with anger, resentment, etc
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Derived forms of rear rearer , noun Word Origin for rear Old English rǣran ; related to Old High German rēren to distribute, Old Norse reisa to raise
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Idioms and Phrases with rear In addition to the idioms beginning with rear
rear end rear its ugly head SEE MORE ORIGINS SEE FEWER ORIGINS
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