rear meaning | definition of rear at WebDictionary.co.uk

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

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

the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"

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"

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?"

the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

(verb) stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"

look after a child until it is an adult; "raise a family"; "bring up children"

rise up; "The building rose before them"

cause to rise up

construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

Meaning of rear