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rear
(r/i/r )

adjective (a)

  • Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • the back of a military formation or procession(noun.group)
    Example:
    Infantrymen were in the rear.
    Antonym:
    head
    source: wordnet30
  • the side of an object that is opposite its front(noun.location)
    Example:
    His room was toward the rear of the hotel.
    Synonym:
    back end, backside
    Antonym:
    forepart, front, front end
    source: wordnet30
  • the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer(noun.location)
    Example:
    It was hidden in the rear of the store.
    Synonym:
    back
    source: wordnet30
  • the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on(noun.body)
    Synonym:
    arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end
    source: wordnet30
  • the side that goes last or is not normally seen(noun.artifact)
    Antonym:
    front
    source: wordnet30
  • The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to front.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • Early; soon.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • located in or toward the back or rear(adj.all)
    Example:
    The chair's rear legs.
    The rear door of the plane.
    On the rearward side.
    Synonym:
    rearward
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The horse reared in terror.
    Synonym:
    rise up
    source: wordnet30
  • bring up(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    bring up, nurture, parent, raise
    source: wordnet30
  • rise up(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    lift, rise
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to rise up(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    erect
    source: wordnet30
  • construct, build, or erect(verb.creation)
    Synonym:
    erect, put up, raise, set up
    Antonym:
    dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down
    source: wordnet30
  • To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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