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Meaning of rear

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rear
      adj 1: located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear
             legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward
             side" [syn: {rear(a)}, {rearward(a)}]
      n 1: the back of a military formation or procession;
           "infantrymen were in the rear" [ant: {head}]
      2: the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room
         was toward the rear of the hotel" [syn: {rear}, {backside},
         {back end}] [ant: {forepart}, {front}, {front end}]
      3: the part of something that is furthest from the normal
         viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden
         in the rear of the store" [syn: {back}, {rear}] [ant:
         {front}]
      4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
         deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
         your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates},
         {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can},
         {fundament}, {hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister},
         {posterior}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern},
         {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom},
         {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}]
      5: the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote
         the date on the back of the photograph" [syn: {rear}, {back}]
         [ant: {front}]
      v 1: stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared
           in terror" [syn: {rear}, {rise up}]
      2: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: {rear},
         {raise}, {bring up}, {nurture}, {parent}]
      3: rise up; "The building rose before them" [syn: {rise},
         {lift}, {rear}]
      4: cause to rise up [syn: {rear}, {erect}]
      5: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: {raise},
         {erect}, {rear}, {set up}, {put up}] [ant: {dismantle},
         {level}, {pull down}, {rase}, {raze}, {take down}, {tear
         down}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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