rear
- rear
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}}
noun
VERB + REAR
▪ bring up
▪ Three drummers brought up the rear (= were last in the parade).
▪ attack (sb/sth) from
▪ cover, guard, protect
▪ face
▪ Car seats for young babies should face the rear.
PREPOSITION
▪ at the rear
▪ The socket for the printer cable is located at the rear of the computer.
▪ from the rear
▪ in the rear
▪ The radio is loudest in the rear of the car.
▪ to the rear, towards/toward the rear
▪ A high gate blocks the only entrance to the rear.
{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb
ADVERB
▪ intensively (esp. BrE)
▪ intensively reared beef cattle
▪ naturally
▪ naturally reared pork and beef
▪ successfully
Rear is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑
horse
{{Roman}}III.{{/Roman}} adj.
Rear is used with these nouns: ↑
admiral, ↑
brake, ↑
bumper, ↑
door, ↑
edge, ↑
end, ↑
entrance, ↑
exit, ↑
face, ↑
fender, ↑
half, ↑
leg, ↑
mirror, ↑
panel, ↑
rank, ↑
seat, ↑
sight, ↑
speaker, ↑
suspension, ↑
terrace, ↑
tyre, ↑
view, ↑
wheel, ↑
window, ↑
windscreen, ↑
wing, ↑
wiper, ↑
yard
Collocations dictionary.
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Rear — Rear, a. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company. [1913 Webster] {Rear admiral}, an officer in the navy, next in rank below a vice admiral and above a commodore. See {Admiral}. {Rear front} (Mil.), the rear … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rear — Rear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reared} (r[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rearing}.] [AS. r[=ae]ran to raise, rear, elevate, for r[=ae]san, causative of r[=i]san to rise. See {Rise}, and cf. {Raise}.] 1. To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rear — rear1 [rir] n. [prob. back form. < REAR(WARD), REAR (GUARD)] 1. the back or hind part of something 2. the place or position behind or at the back [at the rear of the house] 3. the part of a military or naval force farthest from the enemy ☆ 4 … English World dictionary
rear — [adj] back, end aft, after, astern, backward, behind, dorsal, following, hind, hinder, hindermost, hindmost, last, mizzen, posterior, postern, rearmost, rearward, retral, reverse, stern, tail; concept 583 Ant. beginning, front rear [n] back or… … New thesaurus
rear — Ⅰ. rear [1] ► NOUN 1) the back or hindmost part of something. 2) (also rear end) informal a person s buttocks. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ at the back. ● bring up the rear Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
rear- — comb. form, partly of OF. or AF. origin, as in rear ward, guard, rearsupper (and hence by analogy in rear admiral, feast, freight), partly ad. F. arrière , as in rear vassal, vault, and partly (from c 1600) an attributive use of rear n … Useful english dictionary
Rear — (r[=e]r), v. t. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rear — Rear, n. [OF. riere behind, backward, fr. L. retro. Cf. {Arrear}.] 1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; opposed to {front}. [1913 Webster] Nipped with the lagging rear of winter s frost. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rear — may be used as a noun and a verb and has several meanings: * Rear (military) the area of a battlefield behind the front line *Animals: **In stockbreeding, to breed and raise **Rear (horse), when a horse lifts its front legs off the ground *Rear… … Wikipedia
rear up — ˈrear up [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they rear up he/she/it rears up present participle rearing up past tense reared up past part … Useful english dictionary
Rear — (r[=e]r), adv. Early; soon. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear? Gay. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
