rear

/ɹɪə//ɹiɹ/
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Syllables1

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verb

1. To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.

2. (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.

"The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years."

3. To rise up on the hind legs

"The horse was shocked, and thus reared."

4. (usually with "up") To get angry.

5. To rise high above, tower above.

6. To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.

"The monster slowly reared its head."

7. To construct by building; to set up

"to rear defenses or houses"

8. To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.

9. To lift and take up.

10. To rouse; to strip up.

Synonyms

rear

/ɹɪə//ɹiɹ/
🔵 Intermediate

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Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

Syllables1

Simple pronunciation

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verb

1. To move; stir.

2. (of geese) To carve.

"Rere that goose!"

3. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)

"He healeth the blind and he reareth to life the dead."

rear

/ɹɪə//ɹiɹ/
🔵 Intermediate

Word Statistics

Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

Syllables1

Simple pronunciation

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adjective

1. (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.

2. (of meats) Rare.

rear

/ɹɪə//ɹiɹ/
🔵 Intermediate

Word Statistics

Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

Syllables1

Simple pronunciation

Analysis:

  • Common vocabulary word
  • Simple pronunciation
noun

1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.

2. Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.

3. The buttocks, a creature's bottom

Synonyms

verb

1. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.

2. To sodomize (perform anal sex)

adjective

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

"sit in the rear seats of a car"

Antonyms

adverb

1. Early; soon

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