rear
verb/rɪə(r)/
/rɪr/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they rear | /rɪə(r)/ /rɪr/ |
| he / she / it rears | /rɪəz/ /rɪrz/ |
| past simple reared | /rɪəd/ /rɪrd/ |
| past participle reared | /rɪəd/ /rɪrd/ |
| -ing form rearing | /ˈrɪərɪŋ/ /ˈrɪrɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] rear somebody/something [often passive] to care for young children or animals until they are fully grown synonym bring up, raise
- She reared a family of five on her own.
- Lions usually manage to rear about half the number of cubs born to them.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- intensively
- naturally
- successfully
- …
- [transitive] rear something to keep and breed (= produce young from) animals or birds, for example on a farm
- to rear cattle
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingc2- intensively reared beef cattle
- naturally reared pork and beef
- The young crocodiles were reared indoors at a constant temperature of 32°C.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- intensively
- naturally
- successfully
- …
- [intransitive] rear (up) (of an animal, especially a horse) to raise itself on its back legs, with the front legs in the air
- The horse reared, throwing its rider.
- [intransitive] rear (up) (of something large) to seem to lean over you, especially in a way that makes you feel frightened
- The great bulk of the building reared up against the night sky.
Word Originverb Old English rǣran ‘set upright, construct, elevate’, of Germanic origin; related to raise (which has supplanted rear in many applications), also to rise.
Idioms
See rear in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee rear in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishsomething rears its (ugly) head
- if something unpleasant rears its head or rears its ugly head, it appears or happens
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