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Definition rear

Etymology 1

From Middle English reren (“to raise”), from Old English r?ran (“to raise, set upright, promote, exalt, begin, create, give rise to, excite, rouse, arouse, stir up”), from Proto-Germanic *raizijan?, *raisijan? (“to cause to rise, raise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?rey- (“to lift oneself, rise”). Cognate with Scots rere (“to construct, build, rear”), Icelandic reisa (“to raise”), Gothic ??????? (raisjan, “to cause to rise, lift up, establish”), German reisen (“to travel”, literally “to rear up and depart”); and a doublet of raise. More at rise.

Related to rise and raise, which is used for several of its now archaic or obsolete senses and for some of its senses that are currently more common in other dialects of English.

Verb

rear (third-person singular simple present rears, present participle rearing, simple past and past participle reared)

  1. (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. ("Raise" is more common in American English.)
  2. (transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise. (Less common than "raise" in American English.)
  3. (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs
  4. (intransitive, usually with "up") To get angry.
  5. (intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
  6. (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
  7. (transitive, rare) To construct by building; to set up
  8. (transitive, rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To lift and take up.
  10. (transitive, obsolete) To rouse; to strip up.

Etymology 2

From Middle English reren, from Old English hr?ran (“to move, shake, agitate”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?zijan? (“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *?era-, *?r?- (“to mix, stir, cook”). Cognate with Dutch roeren (“to stir, shake, whip”), German rühren (“to stir, beat, move”), Swedish röra (“to touch, move, stir”), Icelandic hræra (“to stir”).

Verb

rear (third-person singular simple present rears, present participle rearing, simple past and past participle reared)

  1. (transitive) To move; stir.
  2. (transitive, of geese) To carve.
  3. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)

Etymology 3

From Middle English rere, from Old English hr?r, hr?re (“not thoroughly cooked, underdone, lightly boiled”), from hr?ran (“to move, shake, agitate”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?zijan? (“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *?era-, *?r?- (“to mix, stir, cook”). Related to Old English hr?r (“stirring, busy, active, strong, brave”), Dutch roeren (“to stir, shake, whip”), German rühren (“to stir, beat, move”), Swedish röra (“to touch, move, stir”), Icelandic hræra (“to stir”).

Adjective

rear (comparative rearer or more rear, superlative rearest or most rear)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
  2. (chiefly US) (of meats) Rare.

Etymology 4

From Middle English rere, from Anglo-Norman rere, ultimately from Latin retro. Compare arrear. Doublet of retro.

Adjective

rear (not comparable)

  1. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost
Adverb

rear (comparative more rear, superlative most rear)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) early; soon
Noun

rear (plural rears)

  1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
  2. (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
  3. (anatomy) The buttocks, a creature's bottom
Verb

rear (third-person singular simple present rears, present participle rearing, simple past and past participle reared)

  1. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
  2. (transitive, vulgar, Britain) To sodomize (perform anal sex)

Results 218 Words with the letters REAR

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6 letter words with the letters REAR ↑
ADORER 7
AERIER 6
AIRERS 6
AIRIER 6
ARCHER 11
ARGUER 9
ARIDER 7
ARMERS 9
ARMURE 10
ARREAR 6
ARREST 6
ARRIVE 10
ARTERY 8
ARTIER 6
BARBER 12
BARKER 13
BARRED 10
BARREL 10
BARREN 10
BARRES 9
BARRET 9
BARTER 9
BEARER 9
BRACER 12
BRAVER 13
BRAWER 12
BRAYER 11
BRAZER 18
CARDER 10
CAREER 9
CARERS 9
CARPER 12
CARREL 10
CARTER 9
CARVER 13
CRATER 9
CRAVER 13
CURARE 10
DARERS 7
DARKER 11
DARNER 8
DARTER 7
DEARER 7
DRAPER 10
DRAWER 10
DREARS 7
DREARY 9
EARNER 7
ERASER 6
ERRAND 8
ERRANT 7
ERRATA 6
FAIRER 9
FARCER 12
FARERS 9
FARMER 12
FEARER 9
FRAMER 12
FRATER 9
GARNER 9
GARRED 9
GARRET 8
GARTER 8
GRADER 9
GRATER 8
GRAVER 12
GRAYER 10
GRAZER 17
HARDER 9
HARMER 11
HARPER 11
HEARER 8
IRATER 6
IRREAL 7
JARRED 16
KERRIA 10
KRATER 10
LARDER 8
LARGER 9
LARKER 11
MARKER 13
MARRED 10
MARRER 9
NEARER 7
PARERS 9
PARKER 13
PARRED 10
PARREL 10
PARSER 9
PARURE 10
PRATER 9
PRAYER 11
PREARM 12
PREWAR 12
RACERS 9
RACIER 9
RACKER 13
RAFTER 9
RAIDER 7
RAILER 7
RAISER 6
RAKERS 10
RAMMER 12
RANGER 9
RANKER 11
RANTER 7
RAPERS 9
RAPIER 9
RAPPER 12
RAREFY 11
RARELY 9
RAREST 6
RASERS 6
RASHER 8
RASPER 9
RASTER 6
RASURE 7
RATERS 6
RATHER 8
RATTER 6
RAVERS 10
RAZERS 15
READER 7
REALER 7
REAMER 9
REAPER 9
REARED 7
REARER 6
REARMS 9
REAVER 10
REBARS 9
REDEAR 7
REDRAW 10
REEARN 7
REGARD 9
REGEAR 8
REHEAR 8
REMARK 13
REMORA 9
REPAIR 9
REPARK 13
RERACK 13
REREAD 7
RETARD 7
RETEAR 6
RETRAL 7
REWARD 10
REWARM 12
REWRAP 12
ROAMER 9
ROARED 7
ROARER 6
SCARER 9
SEARER 6
SHARER 8
SIERRA 6
SNARER 7
SOARER 6
SPARER 9
STARER 6
TARRED 7
TARRES 6
TARTER 6
TEARER 6
TERRAE 6
TERRAS 6
TRACER 9
TRADER 7
UPREAR 10
URARES 7
VARIER 10
WARDER 10
WARIER 9
WARMER 12
WARNER 10
WARPER 12
WARRED 10
WARREN 10
WEARER 9
YARNER 9
5 letter words with the letters REAR ↑
AIRER 5
ARMER 8
BARER 8
BARRE 8
CARER 8
DARER 6
DREAR 6
FARER 8
PARER 8
RACER 8
RAKER 9
RAPER 8
RARED 6
RARER 5
RARES 5
RASER 5
RATER 5
RAVER 9
RAWER 8
RAZER 14
REARM 8
REARS 5
REBAR 8
RERAN 6
TARRE 5
TERRA 5
URARE 6
YARER 7
4 letter words with the letters REAR ↑
RARE 4
REAR 4
3 letter words with the letters REAR ↑
ARE 3
EAR 3
ERA 3
ERR 3
2 letter words with the letters REAR ↑
AE 2
AR 2
ER 2
RE 2

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