rear¹ /rēr/

1. The back or hindmost part or position, esp of an army or fleet
2. A position behind
3. The buttocks (euphemistic)
4. A public or school, etc lavatory (also in pl; slang)

1. Placed behind
2. Hinder

To attack in the rear

rearˈmost adjective

1. Last of all
2. Nearest the back

rearˈward or rereˈward adjective

In or toward the rear

1. Backward
2. At the back

1. Rear
2. Rearguard (partly from Anglo-Fr rerewarde)

rear admiral noun

An officer next below a vice-admiral, orig one in command of the rear

rearˈ-arch, rearˈ-dorse, rearˈ-dos, rearˈ-dorter see under rere-

rearˈ-endˈ transitive verb

To hit the rear of (another motor vehicle) with the front of one's own vehicle

rearˈguard noun

1. (OFr rereguarde) the rear of an army
2. A body of troops protecting it

adjective

1. From a defensive or losing position
2. From the rear, as characteristic of a rearguard

rear lamp or rear light noun

A light attached to the back of a vehicle

rearˈ-rank noun

rear-view mirror noun

A mirror that shows what is behind a vehicle

rearˈ-wheel drive noun

A system in which the driving power of a vehicle is transmitted to the rear wheels

bring up the rear

To come last (in a procession, etc)

rear² /rēr/

1. To raise, cause or help to rise
2. To set up or upright
3. To originate, to bring into being (Spenser)
4. To erect
5. To build up
6. To lift up or off
7. To hold up
8. To take up
9. To take away (Spenser)
10. To bring up
11. To breed and foster
12. To rouse, stir up (now dialect)
13. To drive (a hunted animal) from cover (obsolete)

1. To rise up, tower (often with up)
2. (of a quadruped) to rise on the hindlegs
3. To be roused suddenly to anger, etc (figurative)

rearˈer noun

rearˈhorse noun

A praying mantis (from its stance)

rear its ugly head (figurative)

(of a question, situation, etc) to arise unwelcomely

rear³ /rēr/

Lightly cooked (orig applied to eggs)

rearˈ-boiled adjective

rearˈ-roasted adjective

rare³ /rār/ or rear /rēr/ (obsolete)

Early

rearˈly adverb

rareˈ-ripe adjective

Early ripe

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