verb🔗ShareTo bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster."My grandmother rears chickens and sells their eggs at the local market. "familyeducationhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(said of people towards animals) To breed and raise."The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years."animalagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo rise up on the hind legs"The horse was shocked, and thus reared."animalactionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(usually with "up") To get angry."When his little brother took his toys without asking, he rears up and yells. "attitudecharacteremotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo rise high above, tower above."The majestic mountain range rears up behind the small town, offering a stunning backdrop. "appearancenaturepositionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate."The monster slowly reared its head."actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo construct by building; to set up"to rear defenses or houses"architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.""The teacher rears her students to be compassionate and responsible citizens." "moralsoulreligionphilosophycharactertheologyeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo lift and take up."The horse rears its head when it wants an apple. "actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo rouse; to strip up."The teacher's harsh words reared the students' anger, causing a disruption in class. "actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo move; stir."The sleepy puppy slowly rears its head from the basket. "actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of geese) To carve."Rere that goose!"foodutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)"He healeth the blind and he reareth to life the dead."biologyphysiologymedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front."The rears of the classroom were the quietest during the presentation. "partpositionanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSpecifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest."The supply trucks and medical personnel were positioned in the rears of the advancing column. "militarynauticalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe buttocks, a creature's bottom"The toddler slipped on the wet floor and landed hard on his rears. "bodyanatomyanimalpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo place in the rear; to secure the rear of."The sergeant rears the new recruits to protect the main force from attack. "positionmilitaryactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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