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UK
/ɹˈiə/
]
[ US /ˈɹɪɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɪɹ/ ]
VERB
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rise up
The building rose before them -
look after a child until it is an adult
raise a family
bring up children -
construct, build, or erect
Raise a barn -
stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
The horse reared in terror - cause to rise up
NOUN
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the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
it was hidden in the rear of the store
he stood at the back of the stage -
the back of a military formation or procession
infantrymen were in the rear -
the side that goes last or is not normally seen
he wrote the date on the back of the photograph -
the side of an object that is opposite its front
his room was toward the rear of the hotel -
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
he deserves a good kick in the butt
are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
ADJECTIVE
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located in or toward the back or rear
the rear door of the plane
on the rearward side
the chair's rear legs
How To Use rear In A Sentence
- 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. From a College Window
- 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.
- Then prop yourself up using your toes and forearms maintaining a flat position. The Sun
- Baker's style is to prearrange deals by patiently and quietly lining up the parties before going public. The Rescue Squad
- Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth. George Washington
- Investigations indicated the fire started from a temporary storehouse at the building's rear adjacent to a boiler room.
- I might have understood how clumsy I was, when I was rearing my children in the most utter idleness and luxury, to reform other people and their children, who were perishing from idleness in what I called the den of the Rzhanoff house, where, nevertheless, three-fourths of the people toil for themselves and for others. What to Do?
- The payments on that car loan are in arrears by three months.
- Staff vehicles enter at the rear of the building by means of a ramp that leads down to a subterranean car park.