rears

verb

1
To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
2
(said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
“The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years.”
3
To rise up on the hind legs
“The horse was shocked, and thus reared.”
4
(usually with "up") To get angry.
5
To rise high above, tower above.
6
To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
“The monster slowly reared its head.”
7
To construct by building; to set up
“to rear defenses or houses”
8
To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
9
To lift and take up.
10
To rouse; to strip up.

Synonyms

verb

1
To move; stir.
2
(of geese) To carve.
“Rere that goose!”
3
(regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
“He healeth the blind and he reareth to life the dead.”

noun

1
The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
2
Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
3
The buttocks, a creature's bottom

Synonyms

verb

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