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"Rear" Definition

noun

A hind part.
Informal The buttocks.
The part of a military deployment usually farthest from the fighting front.
The point or area farthest from the front: the rear of the hall.
the back part of something as.

adjective

Of, at, or located in the rear.
Being at the back.

verb-transitive

To build; erect.
To care for (children or a child) during the early stages of life; bring up.
To lift upright; raise.
To tend (growing plants or animals).

verb-intransitive

To rise high in the air; tower.
To rise on the hind legs, as a horse.

verb

To erect by building.
To raise upright.
To breed and raise (an animal) for use or market.
To bring to maturity or self-sufficiency usually through nurturing care.
To cause (as plants) to grow.

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