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Rear

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Definitions for Rear

noun
the back of a military formation or procession
Examples
  1. infantrymen were in the rear
noun
the side of an object that is opposite its front
Synonyms
backside back end
Examples
  1. his room was toward the rear of the hotel
noun
the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
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Examples
  1. he stood at the back of the stage
  2. it was hidden in the rear of the store
noun
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Synonyms
Examples
  1. he deserves a good kick in the butt
  2. are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
noun
the side that goes last or is not normally seen
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Examples
  1. he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
verb
stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
Synonyms
rise up
Examples
  1. The horse reared in terror
verb
look after a child until it is an adult
Synonyms
raise bring up nurture parent
Examples
  1. raise a family
  2. bring up children
verb
rise up
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  1. The building rose before them
verb
cause to rise up
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verb
construct, build, or erect
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raise erect set up put up
Examples
  1. Raise a barn
adjective
located in or toward the back or rear
Synonyms
rear(a) rearward(a)
Examples
  1. the chair's rear legs
  2. the rear door of the plane
  3. on the rearward side

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