rear
To bring up to maturity, as offspringTo bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
» The rear-view mirror fell off.
Der Rückspiegel ist abgefallen.
Зеркало заднего вида отвалилось.
Отвалилось зеркало заднего вида.
Meaning
15 senses(transitive)To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
aufziehen, erziehen, großziehen
воспи́тыватьvospítyvatʹ, воспита́тьvospitátʹ
(transitive)To breed and raise.
The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years.
züchten
выра́щиватьvyráščivatʹ, вы́раститьvýrastitʹ
(intransitive)To rise up on the hind legs.
The horse was shocked, and thus reared.
aufbäumen, steigen
встава́ть на дыбы́vstavátʹ na dybý, встать на дыбы́vstatʹ na dybý
stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
(intransitive, usually)To get angry.
(intransitive)To rise high above, tower above.
rise up
(literary, transitive)To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
Poverty reared its ugly head. (appeared, started, began to have an effect)
The monster slowly reared its head.
aufrichten
поднима́тьpodnimátʹ, подня́тьpodnjátʹ, возвыша́тьvozvyšátʹ
cause to rise up
(rare, transitive)To construct by building; to set up
to rear defenses or houses
to rear one government on the ruins of another.
возводи́тьvozvodítʹ, возвести́vozvestí, воздвига́тьvozdvigátʹ
construct, build, or erect
(rare, transitive)To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
(UK, transitive, vulgar)To sodomize (perform anal sex)
(transitive)To move; stir.
(transitive)To carve.
Rear that goose!
Examples
117 sentencesThe rear-view mirror fell off.
ruЗеркало заднего вида отвалилось.
deDer Rückspiegel ist abgefallen.
The enemy attacked from the rear.
ruВраг напал сзади.
Please move to the rear of the bus.
Tom looked at himself in the rear-view mirror.
Tom noticed a police car in the rear-view mirror.
ruТом заметил полицейскую машину в зеркале заднего вида.
deTom sah im Rückspiegel einen Polizeiwagen.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 5
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English reren (“to raise”), from Old English rǣran (“to raise, set upright, prFrom Middle English reren (“to raise”), from Old English rǣran (“to raise, set upright, promote, exalt, begin, create, give rise to, excite, rouse, arouse, stir up”), from Proto-West Germanic *raiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *raizijaną, *raisijaną (“to cause to rise, raise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to lift oneself, rise”).
From Middle English rere, from Anglo-Norman rere, ultimately from Latin retro. Compare arrear. Doublet of retro.
From Middle English reren, from Old English hrēran (“to move, shake, agitate”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijaną (“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱroHs- (“to mix, stir, cook”). Cognate with Dutch roeren (“to stir, shake, whip”), German rühren (“to stir, beat, move”), Swedish röra (“to touch, move, stir”), Icelandic hræra (“to stir”).
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Forms
rears, rearing, reared, rearedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
11 synonymsWord family
42 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- rear view mirror
- the rear view
- rear view
- rear tire