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Definition of rear :
1. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.
2. Early; soon.
3. Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
4. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; - opposed to front.
5. To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.
6. To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.
7. To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another.
8. To lift and take up.
9. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
10. To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.
11. To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.
12. To rouse; to stir up.
Synonyms:
instal, climb up, produce, resurrect, hobo, back tooth, promote, crapper, aft, sneak, effectuate, goat, entrap, purloin, bed, back seat, enkindle, place, croupe, lowlife, stub, skunk, tramp, lavatory, set up, fag end, spine, farm, plagiarise, claw, abide, up front, pitch, cover, enhance, hook, hind end, tolerate, brim, freighter, conjure, digest, put-up, canful, advance, kick upstairs, ready, tin can, call down, basis, idler, hothouse, underside, provide, nookie, so-and-so, groundwork, butt, cite, snarf, past, spring up, revoke, piece, gear up, wax, stand, stinkpot, apex, put together, post, grow, foundation, wind, backrest, prove, fire, conjure up, rat, piece of ass, ascend, ass, swipe, female genital organ, cheek, butt end, nurture, put, arise, sustain, tail end, originate, female genitalia, merchantman, bun, piece of tail, nominate, postern, scum bag, suffer, rotter, binding, found, stick out, commode, cigarette, boot, puke, poop, endure, plagiarize, bevel, buns, arouse, soar, beach, rescind, climb, git, cigaret, over, corner, domiciliate, the empty nest, parent, keister, offer, undersurface, mention, spinal column, toilet, hinder, provoke, pick up, bear, put in, nobble, asshole, turn out, confines, rig, rustle, shadow, stir, tush, dorsum, bum, nooky, shag, house, screwing, potty-train, bring up, vertebral column, do-nothing, countermand, pilfer, vacate, dirty dog, set, loafer, upgrade, shtup, screw, prat, annul, throne, bump, cast, gore, evoke, effect, edge, custody, filch, reboot, book binding, kick up, nates, surface, custodial, buttock, invoke, airlift, can, precede, name, refer, move up, fundament, bathroom, get up, in front, empennage, rear-end, foot, tail assembly, layabout, prepare, fix, install, understructure, rachis, reverse, tack together, target, cornerstone, support, recruit, advert, burrow, croup, coffin nail, stooge, butt joint, at someone's heels, mount, leaven, develop, nourish, pot, overturn, after, back end, put forward, uprise, buttocks, privy, lay out, face-lift, rein, frame, tin, contribute, bite, in the background, rearward, bottom of the inning, stand up, launch, elicit, rearmost, bunghole, base, female genitals, laughingstock, rise up, stinker, establish, arsehole, opposite, pinch, brook, shadower, foster, tooshie, arse, frisk, stool, merchant ship, tack, john, quarter, bristle, kindle, cabbage, tag end, hindquarters, substructure, order, come up, face, buck, call forth, crumb, ensnare, can buoy, go up, abstract, heave, rebel, backbone, arrange, repeal, stomach, assemble, lav, after part, jump, potty, bottomland, roll in the hay, levy
back (part of speech: noun)
bottom, end, back, aftermost, hindmost, tail, posterior
rear (part of speech: noun)
caboose, backside, hind, derriere, fanny, rump, stern, behind, seat
elevate (part of speech: verb)
heighten, uplift, elevate, hoist, levitate, escalate, upraise, exalt, rise, lift, raise, erect
Usage examples:
- To determine the matter, Royson, instead of following in the rear as he had intended, stepped out brightly and placed himself somewhat ahead of the officer. - "The Wheel O' Fortune", Louis Tracy.
- Helen sank to her knees, with her back to the rear of the tent, so she could command a better view. - "Mystery Ranch", Arthur Chapman.
- Only after a second minute inspection did she notice a small window at the rear well above the level of her head. - "Penny Nichols Finds a Clue", Joan Clark.