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rear
A	noun
	1	rear, back
			the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚surface ╚side ╚rear, back ╚tail; tail assembly; empennage ╚stern; after part; quarter; poop; tail
	2	buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
			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?"
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚body part ╚buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
	3	rear
			the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚arrangement ╚formation ╚rear
	4	back, rear
			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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚point ╚position; place ╚back, rear
	5	rear, backside, back end
			the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region; part ╚extremity ╚boundary; bound; bounds ╚surface ╚side; face ╚rear, backside, back end ╚rearward ╚nape; scruff; nucha
B	verb
	1	raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
			construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚construct; build; make ╚raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
	2	rear, rise up
			stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"
		Category Tree: change ╚change posture ╚straighten ╚rear, rise up ╚rear back
	3	rear, erect
			cause to rise up
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚raise; lift; elevate; get up; bring up ╚rear, erect ╚prick up; prick; cock up ╚pitch; set up
	4	rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent
			bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"

	5	rise, lift, rear
			rise up; "The building rose before them"
		Category Tree: be ╚look; appear; seem ╚rise, lift, rear ╚loom; tower; predominate; hulk
C	adjective
	1	rear(a), rearward(a)
			located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side"

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