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rear

/ɹɪə/
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verb

  • To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
  • (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.

    "The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years."

  • To rise up on the hind legs

    "The horse was shocked, and thus reared."

  • (usually with "up") To get angry.
  • To rise high above, tower above.
  • To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.

    "The monster slowly reared its head."

  • To construct by building; to set up

    "to rear defenses or houses"

  • To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
  • To lift and take up.
  • To rouse; to strip up.
Synonyms:prance

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