Overview of noun rear

The noun rear has 5 senses

• rear -- (the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear")


• rear, backside, back end -- (the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel")


• back, rear -- (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")


• 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 -- (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?")


• rear, back -- (the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph")

Overview of verb rear

The verb rear has 5 senses

• rear, rise up -- (stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror")


• rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent -- (bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children")


• rise, lift, rear -- (rise up; "The building rose before them")


• rear, erect -- (cause to rise up)


• raise, erect, rear, set up, put up -- (construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn")

Overview of adj rear

The adj rear has 1 sense

• rear, rearward -- (located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side")