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   rear

   /rɪə/

   verb

   • 1. bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown: "Nigel was born and reared in Bath" Similar bring upcare forlook afternurtureparenteducatetraininstructraise
   • ▪ (of an animal) care for (its young) until they are fully grown.
   • ▪ breed and raise (animals): "the calves are reared for beef" Similar breedraisekeeptend
   • ▪ grow or cultivate (plants): "laboratory-reared plantlets" Similar growcultivate
   • 2. (of a horse or other animal) raise itself upright on its hind legs: "the horse reared in terror"
   • ▪ (of a building, mountain, etc.) extend or appear to extend to a great height: "houses reared up on either side" Similar riserise uptowersoarloom
   • ▪ (of a person) show anger or irritation: "if anyone said the wrong thing, I used to rear up"
   • ▪ set upright: archaic "at once the mast we rear, at once unbind the spacious sheet"

   Word Origin Old Englishrǣran ‘set upright, construct, elevate’, of Germanic origin; related to raise (which has supplanted rear in many applications), also to rise.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rearer noun

   Scrabble Points: 4

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishREARED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Reared is the past tense and past participle of rear, which means to care for young animals or children or to rise up or lift something up. Learn how to use reared in sentences with different meanings and synonyms.

   • English (US)

     to rise up or to lift something up: The horse reared (up) (=...

   • Znaczenie Reared, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     REARED definicja: 1. past simple and past participle of rear...

   • Rear-Ended

     REAR-ENDED definition: 1. past participle, past simple of...

   • Hand-Reared

     HAND-REARED definition: 1. A hand-reared animal has been fed...

   • Rear

     noun. uk / rɪə r/ us / rɪr /. the rear. C1. the back part of...

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › rearedReared Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word rear as a verb, noun, adjective, and adverb. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of rear.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryREARED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   to rise up or to lift something up: The horse reared (up) (= suddenly rose onto its back legs) when it heard the gun shot. The lion slowly reared its head (= lifted it up) and looked around. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. rear its (ugly) head. Phrasal verb. rear above/over something/someone.

5. www.thefreedictionary.com › rearedReared - definition of reared by The Free Dictionary

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   Reared is the past tense and past participle of rear, which can mean to care for, breed, or erect something. Learn how to use reared in different contexts and see examples of reared in sentences.

6. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › rearedREARED Synonyms: 190 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster

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   Reared is the past tense of rear, which means to bring to maturity, fix in an upright position, form by putting together parts, or look after the growth of. Find synonyms, antonyms, and examples of reared and related words.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishREAR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   noun. uk / rɪə r/ us / rɪr /. the rear. C1. the back part of something: We walked round to the rear of the house. Two police motorcyclists brought up the rear (= formed the last part) of the demonstration. [ C ] old-fashioned informal (also rear end) a person's bottom.

8. www.yourdictionary.com › rearedReared Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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   Reared is the past tense and past participle of rear, which means to bring up or support something or someone. Learn the synonyms, antonyms, and sentence examples of reared from YourDictionary.