Dictionary definition · rear
noun
- the back of a military formation or procession"infantrymen were in the rear"
- the side of an object that is opposite its front"his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer"he stood at the back of the stage"
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on"he deserves a good kick in the butt"
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen"he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
verb
- stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds"The horse reared in terror"
- look after a child until it is an adult"raise a family"
- rise up"The building rose before them"
- cause to rise up
- construct, build, or erect"Raise a barn"
adjective
- located in or toward the back or rear"the chair's rear legs"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).