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Rear

adjective

1.

Located in or toward the back or rear. Synonym: rearward. "The rear door of the plane" , "On the rearward side"

noun

1.

The back of a military formation or procession. Antonym: head.

2.

The side of an object that is opposite its front. Synonyms: back end, backside. Antonym: front.

3.

The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer. Synonym: back. "It was hidden in the rear of the store" Antonym: front.

4.

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush. "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

5.

The side that goes last or is not normally seen. Synonym: back. Antonym: front.

verb

(past & past part. reared; pres. part. rearing)

1.

Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds. Synonym: rise up.

2.

Bring up. Synonyms: bring up, nurture, parent, raise. "Bring up children"

3.

Rise up. Synonyms: lift, rise.

4.

Cause to rise up. Synonym: erect.

5.

Construct, build, or erect. Synonyms: erect, put up, raise, set up. Antonym: level.

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"Rear" Quotes from Famous Books

... had marched in the van where his leader commanded; He had fall'n like a pine that the lightning has branded; He was left by his mates like a ship that is stranded, And far to the rear and a-dying ...

— Continental Monthly , Vol IV, Issue VI, December 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy. • Various

... If the Otaheitans were little benefited by the attempts of Europeans to rear cattle among them, as we have seen, they were certainly indebted for the introduction of another race of animals, not at all likely to degenerate or die out in a climate so much more congenial to their nature, than the comparatively inclement regions of ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 13 • Robert Kerr

... 'How then have you so very well obtained it?' 'In a manner the most simple. Our chief has him by the head and heels: by the head, by being over him; and by the heels, because nothing can come in the rear without his knowledge. Behold! you have all.' 'It is very good,' the other villain answered; 'but when is it to be, my most admirable Charron?—how much longer?—how many months?' 'Behold my fingers,' said the one ...

— Springhaven - A Tale of the Great War • R. D. Blackmore

... Emperor Nicholas I. had left the Hapsburg monarchy to its own resources in 1849, and had not unwisely crushed the independence of Hungary. Within our memory, the benevolent neutrality of Russia guarded Germany in 1870 from an attack in the rear by its opponents of Sadowa. Are all such facts to be explained away on the ground that the despised Muscovites may be occasionally useful as "gun meat," but are guilty of sacrilege if they take up a stand against German taskmasters in "shining armor"? The older ...

— The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 • Various

... no longer remain where he was, for the mob would invade the building and hunt him like hounds from cellar to garret. He must leave the building without delay. To escape from the front was out of the question. A way of escape must, therefore, be found in the rear. All of these considerations the mayor and Garrison's friends urged upon him. The good man fell in with this counsel, and, with a faithful friend, proceeded to the rear of the building, where from a window he dropped to ...

— William Lloyd Garrison - The Abolitionist • Archibald H. Grimke

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