Noun: rear reer
- The side of an object that is opposite its front
"his room was toward the rear of the hotel";
- backside, back end
- (military) the back of a military formation or procession
"infantrymen were in the rear"
- The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
"it was hidden in the rear of the store";
- back
- The side that goes last or is not normally seen
"he wrote the date on the rear of the photograph";
- back
- [informal] The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
"he deserves a good kick in the rear";
- buttocks, nates [informal, technical], butt [N. Amer, informal], backside [informal], bum [Brit, informal], buns [N. Amer, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament [informal], hindquarters [informal], hind end [informal], posterior [informal], rear end [informal], rump [informal], stern [informal], seat [informal], tail [N. Amer, informal], tail end [informal], tooshie [informal], tush [N. Amer, informal], bottom [informal], behind [informal], derriere [informal], patootie [US, informal], botty [informal], duff [N. Amer, informal], bahookie [UK, dialect, informal], booty [N. Amer, informal], heinie [US, informal], tushy [N. Amer, informal], derrière [informal]
- Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
"The horse reared in terror";
- rise up
- Become or appear high or tall
"The building reared before them";
- rise, lift
- Cause to rise up
"The trainer reared the horse on its hind legs";
- erect
- Look after a child until it is an adult
"rear a family";
- raise, bring up, nurture, parent
- Construct, build
"They reared a magnificent cathedral";
- raise, erect, set up, put up
- Located in or toward the back or rear
"the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane";
- rearward
Derived forms: rears, rearing, reared
Type of: appear, body part, bring up, build, care, construct, elevate, face, formation, get up, give care, lift, look, make, place, position, raise, seem, side, straighten
Encyclopedia: Rear