rearing
Meaning of rearing
- bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown.
Nigel was born and reared in Bath
I was reared on stories of collieries
- (of a horse or other animal) raise itself upright on its hind legs.
the horse reared in terror
a rattlesnake reared up at his elbow
Old English rǣran ‘set upright, construct, elevate’, of Germanic origin; related to raise (which has supplanted rear in many applications), also to rise.
Information about rearing
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of rearing
rear-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- rearing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
rearing synonyms
Meaning rampant:
Meaning raising:
Meaning breeding:
breeding, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, upbringing
Meaning be or act as a parent to (a child):
Meaning give intellectual, moral, and social instruction to (someone), typically at a school or university:
Meaning teach (a person or animal) a particular skill or type of behaviour through practice and instruction over a period of time:
Meaning tell or order someone to do something, especially in a formal or official way:
Meaning lift or move to a higher position or level:
Anagrams of rearing
angrier, earring, grainer, Rainger, rangier
Words that rhyme with rearing
Ring, ring, Baring, Dearing, Spearing, Waring, Wearing, Zearing, abearing, afearing, affearing, afterhearing, anearing, appearing, ashlaring, backbearing, baring, bearing, beggaring, besmearing, bevaring, bewaring, blaring, blearing, burglaring, calendaring, caring, cellaring, charing, cheddaring, cheeseparing, childbearing, chivaring, clearing, coappearing, collaring, comparing, compearing, daring, dearing, declaring, dellaring, desugaring, disappearing, dogearing, drearing, earing, emparing, endearing, ensearing