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rearing
rear 1 R0072800 (rîr)n.1. A hind part.2. The point or area farthest from the front: the rear of the hall.3. The part of a military deployment usually farthest from the fighting front.4. Informal The buttocks.adj. Of, at, or located in the rear.
[Middle English rere, rear of an army, short for rerewarde, rear guard; see rearward2.]
rear 2 R0072800 (rîr)v. reared, rear·ing, rears v.tr.1. To care for (children or a child) during the early stages of life; bring up. See Usage Note at raise.2. To tend (growing plants or animals).3. To build; erect.4. Archaic To lift upright; raise.v.intr.1. To rise on the hind legs, as a horse.2. To rise high in the air; tower.
[Middle English reren, to raise, from Old English rǣran; see er- in Indo-European roots.]
rear′er n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  rearing - the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a childnurture, raisingupbringing - properties acquired during a person's formative years | | 2. | rearing - helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, upbringing, breeding, raisingacculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization - the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture" | | Adj. | 1. | rearing - rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant"rampantheraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogieserect, upright, vertical - upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright" |
Translations
IdiomsSeerearrearing
Synonyms for rearingnoun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a childSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the communitySynonyms- bringing up
- fosterage
- fostering
- nurture
- upbringing
- breeding
- raising
Related Words- acculturation
- enculturation
- socialisation
- socialization
adj rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profileSynonymsRelated Words- heraldry
- erect
- upright
- vertical
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