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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: | | 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: | | 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: | | 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: | | B | verb | | 1 | raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
| | | | construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" | | | Category Tree: | | 2 | rear, rise up
| | | | stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror" | | | Category Tree: | | 3 | rear, erect
| | | | cause to rise up | | | Category Tree: | | 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: | | 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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