rear
1. the back of a military formation or procession (Freq. 16)
- infantrymen were in the rear
• Ant:
head
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
formation
2. the side of an object that is opposite its front (Freq. 6)
- his room was toward the rear of the hotel
• Syn:
backside, back end
• Ant:
front
• Hypernyms:
side, face
• Hyponyms:
nape, scruff, nucha, rearward
3. the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer (Freq. 4)
- he stood at the back of the stage
- it was hidden in the rear of the store
• Syn:
back
• Ant:
front (for: back)
• Hypernyms:
position, place
4. the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
• Syn:
back
• Ant:
front
• Derivationally related forms:
back (for: back)
• Hypernyms:
side
• Hyponyms:
stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail,
tail assembly, empennage
5. 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 end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass
• Derivationally related forms:
posterior (for: posterior)
• Hypernyms:
body part
• Part Holonyms:
torso, trunk, body
1. stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds (Freq. 7)
- The horse reared in terror
• Syn:
rise up
• Hypernyms:
straighten
• Hyponyms:
rear back
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. bring up (Freq. 2)
- raise a family
- bring up children
• Syn:
raise, bring up, nurture, parent
• Derivationally related forms:
parent (for: parent), parentage (for: parent), nurture (for: nurture), raising (for: raise), rearing
• Hyponyms:
fledge, cradle, foster
• Cause:
grow up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. rise up (Freq. 1)
- The building rose before them
• Syn:
rise, lift
• Derivationally related forms:
rise (for: rise)
• Hypernyms:
look, appear, seem
• Hyponyms:
loom, tower, predominate, hulk
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
4. construct, build, or erect
- Raise a barn
• Syn:
raise, erect, set up, put up
• Ant:
level (for: raise)
• Derivationally related forms:
erection (for: erect), erecting (for: erect)
• Topics:
construction, building
• Hypernyms:
construct, build, make
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. cause to rise up
• Syn:
erect
• Derivationally related forms:
erection (for: erect)
• Hypernyms:
raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
• Hyponyms:
pitch, set up, prick up, prick, cock up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
located in or toward the back or rear (Freq. 3)
- the chair's rear legs
- the rear door of the plane
- on the rearward side
• Syn:
rearward
• Similar to:
back
• Derivationally related forms:
rearward (for: rearward)
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