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Rear
rɪə
Rear definitions
verb
rear
reared
rearing
rears
- bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown
"Nigel was born and reared in Bath"
- (of an animal) care for (its young) until they are fully grown
- breed and raise (animals)
"the calves are reared for beef"
- grow or cultivate (plants)
"laboratory-reared plantlets"
- (of a horse or other animal) raise itself upright on its hind legs
"the horse reared in terror"
- (of a building, mountain, etc.) extend or appear to extend to a great height
"houses reared up on either side"
- (of a person) show anger or irritation
"if anyone said the wrong thing, I used to rear up"
- set upright
"at once the mast we rear, at once unbind the spacious sheet"