rear
🇺🇸
/rɪr/
🇬🇧
/rɪə(r)/
adjective
R
at the back
The car has front and rear lights.
noun
C1
the back part
The rear of the building has a garden.
R
the part you sit on
He hurt his rear when he fell.
verb
R
to raise children
She reared three children alone.
R
to raise animals
They rear chickens on their farm.
R
to stand on back legs
The horse reared up suddenly.
R
to rise up tall
The mountain reared above the clouds.
translation
at the back
the back part; the part you sit on
to raise children; to raise animals; to stand on back legs; to rise up tall
Word Forms
3rd Present
rears
Past
reared
Perfect
reared
Progressive
rearing
Plural
rears