rear

  • 41rear — rear1 noun 1》 the back or hindmost part of something. 2》 (also rear end) informal a person s buttocks. adjective at the back. Phrases bring up the rear 1》 be at the very end of a queue. 2》 come last in a race. Origin ME from OFr. rere, based on L …

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  • 42rear — I n 1. back, reverse; end, stern, heel, Inf. tag or tail end, fag end, caboose; (of the head) Anat. occiput, (of the neck) nape, (of the neck) scruff. 2. buttocks, rump, posterior, fundament, hindquarters, hinder parts, (of animals) croup; (all… …

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  • 43rear — I 1. noun 1) the rear of the building Syn: back (part), hind part; Nautical stern 2) the rear of the queue Syn: end, tail (end), back (end) • Ant: front, bow …

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  • 44rear up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms rear up : present tense I/you/we/they rear up he/she/it rears up present participle rearing up past tense reared up past participle reared up same as rear III, 2) A riderless horse reared up before her …

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  • 45rear —   1. Back. Hope, kua.    ♦ Rear of an army, rear guard, hunapa a.   2. Raise, as a child. Hānai.    ♦ One who helps rear a child, mea nāna i luhi.    ♦ One who rears a child, ka hu hānai.   3. As a horse. Owala, wala kua, okū okū …

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  • 46rear — There are two separate words rear in English. The older, ‘raise’ [OE], is a descendant of prehistoric Germanic *raizjan, which also produced Old Norse reisa, source of English raise. The Germanic verb denoted literally ‘cause to rise’, and was… …

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  • 47rear —    to defecate    The etymology suggested elsewhere based on soldiers falling out to the rear seems implausible. The derivation was more probably from rear end and rears …

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  • 48rear — See: BRING UP THE REAR …

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  • 49rear — See: BRING UP THE REAR …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 50rear up — verb To rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs …

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