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单词 rear
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rearadjective [ before noun ]

uk/rɪər/us/rɪr/

B2 at the back of something:

There's a sticker on the rear door/window.
The horse had injured one of its rear legs.
See also
rearguard

More examples

  • She cast a quick look in the rear mirror.
  • Always check your rear view mirror before you overtake another car.
  • A car usually has a driver's seat, a passenger seat and rear seats.
  • Both front and rear gardens are spacious.
  • One of the rear wheels came off.

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General location and orientation

  • -oriented
  • about
  • along
  • anterior
  • around
  • back onto sth
  • far
  • front
  • frontal
  • hind
  • left-hand
  • nearside
  • offside
  • on-site
  • orientated
  • overleaf
  • position
  • round
  • side-on
  • spot

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After & behind

rearnoun

uk/rɪər/us/rɪr/
the rear

C1 the back part of something:

We walked round to the rear of the house.
Two police motorcyclists brought up the rear (= formed the last part) of the demonstration.

[ C ] old-fashioned informal also rear end a person's bottom

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Surfaces of objects

  • -backed
  • back
  • base
  • bed
  • crust
  • face
  • facet
  • flange
  • front
  • nap
  • overlay
  • plate
  • reverse
  • side
  • substrate
  • superficialis
  • surface
  • surface area
  • underneath
  • underside

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The buttocks

rearverb

uk/rɪər/us/rɪr/

rear verb (CARE FOR)

C1 [ T ] to care for young animals or children until they are able to care for themselves:

Some women make a deliberate choice to rear a child alone.
He describes how these birds rear their young.
See also
child-rearing

More examples

  • She's reared four children very successfully.
  • He grew up in Hoboken, where Sinatra was reared.
  • He took me to the North Georgia mountains where he was reared.
  • Most pigs reared for meat are killed around 18-20 years old.
  • The animals are reared for breeding purposes rather than the dinner table.

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Parenting & caring for children

  • adopt
  • adopted
  • adoption
  • adoptive
  • attachment parenting
  • bring sb up
  • child-rearing
  • childless
  • childminder
  • counsellor
  • custodial
  • non-custodial
  • nursemaid
  • nursery nurse
  • nurture
  • one-parent family
  • swaddle
  • upbringing
  • visitation
  • wean

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Animal farming - general words

rear verb (RISE)

[ I or T ] to rise up or to lift something up:

The horse reared (up) (= suddenly rose onto its back legs) when it heard the gun shot.
The lion slowly reared its head (= lifted it up) and looked around.

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Moving upwards

  • ascend
  • ascent
  • be on an upward/downward trajectory idiom
  • bristle
  • clamber
  • climb
  • come
  • come up
  • heave
  • hoick
  • levitate
  • mount
  • pull
  • rise
  • scale
  • scramble
  • shin
  • shinny
  • soar
  • take off

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Idiom(s)

rear its (ugly) head

Phrasal verb(s)

rear above/over sth/sb
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