rear vs front

Definitions

verb

1. rise up
2. look after a child until it is an adult
3. construct, build, or erect
4. stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
5. cause to rise up

noun

1. the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
2. the back of a military formation or procession
3. the side that goes last or is not normally seen
4. the side of an object that is opposite its front
5. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

adjective

1. located in or toward the back or rear

Examples

I do not of course mean, Heaven forbid! that people should try to converse seriously; that results in the worst kind of dreariness, in feeling, as Stevenson said, that one has the brain of a sheep and the eyes of a boiled codfish.

With a full tank of fuel, the weight bias shifts rearwards slightly, which helps traction, as does the standard limited slip differential.

The drop-in module, which adds to the stiffness and torsional rigidity of the whole vehicle, ties the car together from the seats rearward and from b-pillar to b-pillar.

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Definitions

noun

1. the immediate proximity of someone or something
2. the line along which opposing armies face each other
3. the outward appearance of a person
4. a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
5. the side that is forward or prominent

verb

1. confront bodily
2. be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to

adjective

1. relating to or located in the front

Examples

In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally.

Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails.

Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

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