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   Rear

   /rir/

   

   verb

   • 1. bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown, especially in a particular manner or place: "he was born and reared in New York City" Similar bring upcare forlook afternurtureparenteducatetraininstructraise
   • ▪ (of an animal) care for (its young) until they are fully grown.
   • ▪ breed and raise (animals): "the calves are reared for beef" Similar breedraisekeeptend
   • ▪ grow or cultivate (plants): "laboratory-reared plantlets" Similar growcultivate
   • 2. (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" Similar riserise uptowersoarloom
   • ▪ set (something) upright: archaic "at once the mast we rear, at once unbind the spacious sheet"
   • ▪ (of a person) show anger or irritation; go on the attack: "the press reared up in the wake of the bombings"

   Word Origin Old Englishrǣran ‘set upright, construct, elevate’, of Germanic origin; related to raise (which has supplanted rear in many applications), also to rise.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rearer noun

   Scrabble Points: 4

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