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rear

(r/i/r )

Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.(adjective)

source: webster1913

the back of a military formation or procession(noun.group)

Example:
Infantrymen were in the rear.

Antonym:
head

source: wordnet30
the side of an object that is opposite its front(noun.location)

Example:
His room was toward the rear of the hotel.

Synonym:
back end, backside
Antonym:
forepart, front, front end

source: wordnet30
the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer(noun.location)

Example:
It was hidden in the rear of the store.

Synonym:
back

source: wordnet30
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on(noun.body)

Synonym:
arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end

source: wordnet30
the side that goes last or is not normally seen(noun.artifact)

Antonym:
front

source: wordnet30
The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to front.(noun)

source: webster1913

stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds(verb.motion)

Example:
The horse reared in terror.

Synonym:
rise up

source: wordnet30
bring up(verb.social)

Synonym:
bring up, nurture, parent, raise

source: wordnet30
rise up(verb.stative)

Synonym:
lift, rise

source: wordnet30
cause to rise up(verb.motion)

Synonym:
erect

source: wordnet30
construct, build, or erect(verb.creation)

Synonym:
erect, put up, raise, set up
Antonym:
dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down

source: wordnet30
To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.(verb)

source: webster1913
To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.(verb)

source: webster1913
To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.(verb)

source: webster1913