Rear | Mean of rear in English Dictionary

/ˈriɚ/

• Noun
• the part of something that is opposite to or away from the front part
1. There are two bedrooms at the rear.
2. The store is in the rear of the building.
3. We sat toward the rear of the train/boat.
• the part of your body that you sit on
1. He slipped and fell on his rear. [=rear end]
• to be in the last position in a group, line, etc.
1. At this point in the voting, Jones is leading with Smith in second place and Johnson bringing up the rear.
2. They entered the room first and I brought up the rear.

• at or near the back of something
1. The car's rear bumper was damaged.
2. We used the rear [=back] entrance of the hotel.
3. the horse's rear [=hind] legs
4. the car's rear lights/window
• Verb
• to take care of (a young person or animal)
1. His family rears [=raises] cattle.
2. They reared [=brought up, (chiefly US) raised] their children to be polite and well-mannered.
3. books on child-rearing
4. The kitten was reared on special food.
5. He was reared on comic books. [=he read a lot of comic books when he was young]
• to rise up on the back legs with the front legs in the air
1. The horse reared (up) in fright.
• to rise high in the air
1. The cliff wall reared (up) above us.