[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rear \rear\, a.
   being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear
   rank of a company.
   1913 webster

   rear admiral, an officer in the navy, next in rank below a
      vice admiral and above a commodore. see admiral.

   rear front mil., the rear rank of a body of troops when
      faced about and standing in that position.

   rear guard mil., the division of an army that marches in
      the rear of the main body to protect it; -- used also
      figuratively.

   rear line mil., the line in the rear of an army.

   rear rank mil., the rank or line of a body of troops
      which is in the rear, or last in order.

   rear sight firearms, the sight nearest the breech.

   to bring up the rear, to come last or behind.
      1913 webster
see also:
rear admiral admiral rear front rear guard rear line rear rank 
rear sight to bring up the rear 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rear \rear\ r=er, v. t.
   to place in the rear; to secure the rear of. r.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rear \rear\, v. t. imp.  p. p. reared r=erd; p. pr. 
   vb. n. rearing. as. r=aeran to raise, rear, elevate,
   for r=aesan, causative of rimacsan to rise. see rise,
   and cf. raise.
   1. to raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect,
      etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.
      1913 webster

            in adoration at his feet i fell
            submiss; he reared me.                --milton.
      1913 webster

            it reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. --barrow.
      1913 webster

            mine shall be the first hand to rear her banner.
                                                  --ld. lytton.
      1913 webster

   2. to erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear
      defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of
      another.
      1913 webster

            one reared a font of stone.           --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   3. to lift and take up. obs. or r.
      1913 webster

            and having her from trompart lightly reared,
            upon his courser set the lovely load. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   4. to bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to
      instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.
      1913 webster

            he wants a father to protect his youth,
            and rear him up to virtue.            --southern.
      1913 webster

   5. to breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.
      1913 webster

   6. to rouse; to stir up. obs.
      1913 webster

            and seeks the tusky boar to rear.     --dryden.
      1913 webster

   syn: to lift; elevate; erect; raise; build; establish. see
        the note under raise, 3
      c .
          1913 webster
see also:
reared rearing rise raise 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rear \rear\ r=er, adv.
   early; soon. prov. eng.
   1913 webster

         then why does cuddy leave his cot so rear? --gay.
   1913 webster

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rear \rear\, n. of. riere behind, backward, fr. l. retro. cf.
   arrear.
   1. the back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last
      in order; -- opposed to front.
      1913 webster

            nipped with the lagging rear of winter's frost.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes
      last, or is stationed behind the rest.
      1913 webster

            when the fierce foe hung on our broken rear.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster
see also:
arrear front 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rear \rear\, v. i.
   to rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.
   1913 webster

   rearing bit, a bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting
      his head when rearing. --knight.
      1913 webster reardorse
see also:
rearing bit 

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

rear
     adj : located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear
           legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward
           side" syn: reara, rearwarda
     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: backside, back
        end ant: front
     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 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 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: back
        ant: front
     v 1: stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "the horse reared
          in terror" syn: rise up
     2: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" syn: raise,
         bring up, nurture, parent
     3: rise up; "the building rose before them" syn: rise, lift
     4: cause to rise up syn: erect
     5: construct, build, or erect; "raise a barn" syn: raise, erect,
         set up, put up ant: level
see also:
reara rearwarda head backside back end front 
back buttocks nates arse butt 
bum buns can fundament hindquarters 
hind end keister posterior prat rear end 
rump stern seat tail tail end 
tooshie tush bottom behind derriere 
fanny ass rise up raise bring up 
nurture parent rise lift erect 
set up put up level 

[8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

263 moby thesaurus words for "rear":
   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, bum, buoy up, buss the clouds, butt, buttocks,
   care for, carve, cast, cast up, chisel, cock up, come up, compose,
   compound, concoct, condition, construct, convert, create, crop,
   croup, crupper, cultivate, culture, curl upwards, develop, devise,
   discipline, distance, drill, dryfarm, educate, elaborate, elevate,
   end, erect, escalate, evolve, exceed, exercise, extract, extrude,
   fabricate, fanny, farm, fashion, fatten, feed, fetch up, field,
   fit, flounder, form, formulate, foster, frame, fudge together,
   garden, get up, go up, groom, ground, grow, grow up, harvest,
   hatch, haunches, heave, heft, heighten, heist, hike, hind,
   hind end, hind part, hinder, hindermost, hindhand, hindmost,
   hindquarters, hinterland, hobbyhorse, hoick, hoist, hold up,
   house-train, housebreak, improve, indite, jerk up, jump up, keep,
   knock up, last, levitate, lick into shape, lift, lift up, lob,
   locale, loft, loom, loom large, lurch, machine, make,
   make heavy weather, make up, manufacture, mature, mill, mine,
   mise-en-scene, mold, mount, nates, nurse, nurture, outsoar,
   outstrip, overtop, patch together, perk up, pick up,
   piece together, pitch, pitch and toss, plunge, posterior, postern,
   pound, practice, prefabricate, prepare, process, produce,
   propagate, pump, put in tune, put to school, put together, put up,
   raise, raise aloft, raise up, ramp, ranch, ready, rear aloft,
   rear end, rear guard, rear up, rearmost, rearward, reel, refine,
   rehearse, retral, retrograde, rise, rise above, rise up, rock,
   roll, rump, run, run up, scend, scene, seat, send to school,
   set up, setting, shape, sharecrop, sit bolt upright, sit up, sky,
   smelt, soar, spiral, spire, stage, stage set, stage setting,
   stand on tiptoe, stand out, stand up, stand upright, stern,
   stick up, surge, swarm up, sway, sweep up, swing, tag end, tail,
   tail end, take in hand, take up, theater, throw up, toss,
   toss and tumble, tower, tower above, train, transcend, tumble,
   tush, tushy, up, upbuoy, upcast, upend, upgo, upgrow, upheave,
   uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, upright, uprise, upspin,
   upstream, upsurge, upswarm, upthrow, upwind, wallow, welter,
   whomp up, write, yaw

[9] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

rear, n.  in american military matters, that exposed part of the army
that is nearest to congress.

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