rear

  • 31rear — ar·rear; ar·rear·age; rear; rear·most; rear·ward·ly; rear·ward; rear·ward·ness; rear·wards; …

    English syllables

  • 32rear — [rɪə] noun I 1) the rear [singular] the back part of a place or thing The main entrance is at the rear.[/ex] 2) [C] informal the part of your body that you sit on • bring up the rear to be the last in a line or group[/ex] II verb rear [rɪə] 1)… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 33rear — I [[t]rɪər[/t]] n. 1) the back of something, as distinguished from the front 2) the space or position at the back of something: Move to the rear of the bus[/ex] 3) the buttocks; rump 4) the hindmost portion of an army, fleet, etc 5) pertaining to …

    From formal English to slang

  • 34rear — The back of a vehicle or component. See five link rear suspension folding rear seats four link rear suspension heated rear window independent rear suspension multi link independent rear suspension multi link rear suspension …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 35rear — I n. 1) to bring up the rear 2) at, from, in the rear (the column was attacked from the rear) II v. (H) we reared our children to help others * * * [rɪə] from in the rear (the column was attacked from the rear) (H) we reared our children to help… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 36rear — {{11}}rear (n.) hindmost part, c.1600, abstracted from rerewarde rear guard (c.1300), from Anglo Fr. rerewarde, O.Fr. rieregarde, from O.Fr. riere (from L. retro back, behind ) + O.Fr. garde (see GUARD (Cf. guard)). Or the word may be an aphetic… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 37rear — I. verb Etymology: Middle English reren, from Old English rǣran; akin to Old Norse reisa to raise, Old English rīsan to rise Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to erect by building ; construct 2. to raise upright 3 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 38rear — I verb 1) I was reared on a farm Syn: bring up, raise, care for, look after, nurture, parent; educate 2) he reared cattle Syn: breed, raise, keep, farm, ranch …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 39rear — Synonyms and related words: aft, after, aftermost, apprentice, arena, arise, arse, ascend, ass, assemble, back, backdrop, background, backside, backward, behind, boost, bottom, break, break in, breed, bring up, bristle, build, bulk, bulk large,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 40rear — There are two separate words rear in English. The older, ‘raise’ [OE], is a descendant of prehistoric Germanic *raizjan, which also produced Old Norse reisa, source of English raise. The Germanic verb denoted literally ‘cause to rise’, and was… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins