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| rear [ reer ] (past and past participle reared, present participle rear·ing, 3rd person present singular rears) |
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1. transitive verb raise young animals or children: to bring up and care for young animals or children until they are fully grown
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2. transitive verb grow plant: to raise a plant to full growth
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3. intransitive verb rise on hind legs: to rise up on the hind legs
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refers to animals
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4. intransitive verb rise high: to rise high into the air
  tall office buildings rearing into the night sky
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| [ Old English rǣran. Ultimately from an Indo-European word that is also the ancestor of English raise and rise] |
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| rear·er noun |
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