Definition of Rear

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Definition of Rear

Rear

Early; soon.

The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to front.

Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.

Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.

To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.

To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.

To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another.

To lift and take up.

To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.

To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.

To rouse; to stir up.

To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.

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Rear Quotations

If you want to rear financial blessings, you have to sow financially.
Joel Osteen

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
Colin Powell

The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
Chanakya

Never comment on a woman's rear end. Never use the words "large" or "size" with "rear end." Never. Avoid the area altogether. Trust me.
Tim Allen

Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's rear end every day.
Darrell Royal

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes.
Toni Morrison

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
James Thurber

And so we were asleep there in San Diego. And our pilot called us. And his brother was on one of the other planes. And when he was leaving the airport, he saw in his rear view mirror that there was an explosion.
Reba McEntire

My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear.
James Longstreet

I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge.
Jennifer Lopez

Rear Translations

rear in Afrikaans is teel, aanhou
rear in Danish is avle
rear in Dutch is achterhoede
rear in Latin is nutrio, tergum, summitto
rear in Portuguese is parte traseira

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