亚洲网紅露点

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rear

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[ reer ]

noun

  1. the back of something, as distinguished from the front:

    The porch is at the rear of the house.

  2. the space or position behind something:

    The bus driver asked the passengers to move to the rear.

  3. the buttocks; rump.
  4. the hindmost portion of an army, fleet, etc.


adjective

  1. pertaining to or situated at the rear of something:

    the rear door of a bus.

rear

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[ reer ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to take care of and support up to maturity:

    to rear a child.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to breed and raise (livestock).
  3. to raise by building; erect.

    Synonyms:

  4. to raise to an upright position:

    to rear a ladder.

  5. to lift or hold up; elevate; raise.

    Synonyms: ,

verb (used without object)

  1. to rise on the hind legs, as a horse or other animal.
  2. (of a person) to start up in angry excitement, hot resentment, or the like (usually followed by up ).
  3. to rise high or tower aloft:

    The skyscraper rears high over the neighboring buildings.

rear

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/ 谤瑟蓹 /

noun

  1. the back or hind part
  2. the area or position that lies at the back

    a garden at the rear of the house

  3. the section of a military force or procession farthest from the front
  4. the buttocks See buttock
  5. bring up the rear
    to be at the back in a procession, race, etc
  6. in the rear
    at the back
  7. modifier of or in the rear

    the rear legs

    the rear side

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rear

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/ 谤瑟蓹 /

verb

  1. tr to care for and educate (children) until maturity; bring up; raise
  2. tr to breed (animals) or grow (plants)
  3. tr to place or lift (a ladder, etc) upright
  4. tr to erect (a monument, building, etc); put up
  5. introften foll byup (esp of horses) to lift the front legs in the air and stand nearly upright
  6. intr; often foll by up or over (esp of tall buildings) to rise high; tower
  7. intr to start with anger, resentment, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Confusables Note

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Derived Forms

  • 藞谤别补谤别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻苍路谤别补谤别诲顎 adjective
  • 飞别濒濒顎-谤别补谤别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of rear1

First recorded in 1590鈥1600; shortened variant of arrear

Origin of rear2

First recorded before 900; Middle English reren, r忙ren, reare, Old English 谤牵谤补苍 鈥渢辞 raise 鈥; cognate with Gothic -raisjan, Old Norse reisa
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of rear1

C17: probably abstracted from rearward or rearguard

Origin of rear2

Old English 谤牵谤补苍 ; related to Old High German 谤脓谤别苍 to distribute, Old Norse reisa to raise
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. bring up the rear, to be at the end; follow behind:

    The army retreated, and the fleeing civilian population brought up the rear.

  2. rear its (ugly) head. head ( def 85 ).

More idioms and phrases containing rear

  • bring up the rear
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Synonym Study

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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