rear up
verb (used with object)
1.
to take care of and support up to maturity: to rear a child.
2.
to breed and raise (livestock).
3.
to raise by building; erect.
4.
to raise to an upright position: to rear a ladder.
5.
to lift or hold up; elevate; raise.
verb (used without object)
6.
to rise on the hind legs, as a horse or other animal.
7.
(of a person) to start up in angry excitement, hot resentment, or the like (usually followed by up ).
8.
to rise high or tower aloft: The skyscraper rears high over the neighboring buildings.
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rear1 (rɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the back or hind part |
| 2. | the area or position that lies at the back: a garden at the rear of the house |
| 3. | the section of a military force or procession farthest from the front |
| 4. | See buttock the buttocks |
| 5. | bring up the rear to be at the back in a procession, race, etc |
| 6. | in the rear at the back |
| 7. | (modifier) of or in the rear: the rear legs; the rear side |
| [C17: probably abstracted from | |
| rear2 (rɪə) | |
| —vb (often foll by up) | |
| 1. | (tr) to care for and educate (children) until maturity; bring up; raise |
| 2. | (tr) to breed (animals) or grow (plants) |
| 3. | (tr) to place or lift (a ladder, etc) upright |
| 4. | (tr) to erect (a monument, building, etc); put up |
| 5. | (esp of horses) to lift the front legs in the air and stand nearly upright |
| 6. | (intr |
| 7. | (intr) to start with anger, resentment, etc |
| [Old English rǣran; related to Old High German rēren to distribute, Old Norse reisa to | |
| 'rearer2 | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
rear
"hindmost part," c.1600, abstracted from rerewarde "rear guard" (c.1300), from Anglo-Fr. rerewarde, O.Fr. rieregarde, from O.Fr. riere (from L. retro "back, behind") + O.Fr. garde (see guard). Or the word may be an aphetic form of arrear (see
arrears). Military sense of "hindmost part" of an army or fleet is recorded from 1606. As a euphemism for "buttocks" it is attested from 1796 (rear end in this sense recorded from 1937). Rear admiral is first attested 1587, apparently so called from ranking "behind" an admiral proper. Rear-view (mirror) is recorded from 1926.
rear
O.E. ræran "to raise, build up, set on end," from P.Gmc. *raizijanau "to raise," causative of *risanan "to rise" (see raise). Meaning "bring into being, bring up" (as a child) is recorded from c.1420; that of "raise up on the hind legs" is first recorded late 14c.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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