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Meaning of rear
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rear
adj 1: located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear
legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward
side" [syn: {rear(a)}, {rearward(a)}]
n 1: the back of a military formation or procession;
"infantrymen were in the rear" [ant: {head}]
2: the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room
was toward the rear of the hotel" [syn: {rear}, {backside},
{back end}] [ant: {forepart}, {front}, {front end}]
3: the part of something that is furthest from the normal
viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden
in the rear of the store" [syn: {back}, {rear}] [ant:
{front}]
4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates},
{arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can},
{fundament}, {hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister},
{posterior}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern},
{seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom},
{behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}]
5: the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote
the date on the back of the photograph" [syn: {rear}, {back}]
[ant: {front}]
v 1: stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared
in terror" [syn: {rear}, {rise up}]
2: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: {rear},
{raise}, {bring up}, {nurture}, {parent}]
3: rise up; "The building rose before them" [syn: {rise},
{lift}, {rear}]
4: cause to rise up [syn: {rear}, {erect}]
5: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: {raise},
{erect}, {rear}, {set up}, {put up}] [ant: {dismantle},
{level}, {pull down}, {rase}, {raze}, {take down}, {tear
down}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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