rears

Meaning of rears

noun
  1. the back part of something, especially a building or vehicle.
    the kitchen door at the rear of the house

Middle English (first used as a military term): from Old French rere, based on Latin retro ‘back’.

verb, 3rd person present
  1. 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
  2. (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 rears

  • The singular form of rears is: rear.
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Hyphenation of rears

rears

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • rears is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

rears synonyms

Meaning the side or part of something that is away from the spectator or from the direction in which it moves or faces; the rear:

back

Meaning the back of the head:

occiput

Meaning (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline:

stern

Meaning care for and protect (someone or something) while they are growing:

nurture

Meaning be or act as a parent to (a child):

parent

Meaning give intellectual, moral, and social instruction to (someone), typically at a school or university:

educate

Meaning teach (a person or animal) a particular skill or type of behaviour through practice and instruction over a period of time:

train

Meaning tell or order someone to do something, especially in a formal or official way:

instruct

Meaning lift or move to a higher position or level:

raise

rears antonyms

Meaning the side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something:

front

Anagrams of rears

Ersar, rares, raser, Sarre, Serra, serra

Words that rhyme with rears

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