rear
$ \mathrm{rear}1 | rir |
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noun in singular
the back part of something, especially a building or vehicle: 何か、特に建物、乗り物の後ろの部分
〖the ～〗 ｟かたく｠ 後部, 背後, 後ろ(↔ front)(｟よりくだけて｠ back)
e.g. the kitchen door at the rear of the house.: 家の後部のキッチンドア
the space or position at the back of something or someone: 何か、誰かの後ろの空間や位置
e.g. the field at the rear of the church.: 境界の後ろの野原
the hindmost part of an army, fleet, or line of people: 軍隊、艦隊、人の列の最も後ろの部分
e.g. two blue policemen at the rear fell out of the formation.: 最後列の二人の青い警察官が隊列から抜けた。
(also rear end) informal a person's buttocks.: 人の尻
｟くだけて｠ ; 〖通例one's ～〗 お尻(rear end)(→ buttock)
adjective attributive
at the back: 後ろの
〖名詞の前で〗後部, 後方, 背後, 後ろの〈物〉
e.g. the car's rear window.: 車の後部の窓
PHRASES
bring up the rear
be at the very end of a line of people.
come last in a race or other contest.
ORIGIN
Middle English (first used as a military term): from Old French rere, based on Latin retro ‘back’.
$ \mathrm{rear}^2 | rir |
verb
1. with object (usually be reared) bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown, especially in a particular manner or place:
〈人が〉(成人するまで)〈子供〉を育てる;〖be ～ed〗 〈子供が〉 «…を食べて［読んで, 経験して］» 育つ «on»
e.g. he was born and reared in New York City
e.g. a generation reared on video.
(of an animal) care for (its young) until they are fully grown.
〈動物など〉を飼育する(｟主に米｠ raise, ｟主に英｠ bring up)
breed and raise (animals):
e.g. the calves are reared for beef.
grow or cultivate (plants):
e.g. as adjective, in combination (-reared) : laboratory-reared plantlets.
2. no object (of a horse or other animal) raise itself upright on its hind legs:
〈馬などが〉(後ろ足で)立つ; 〈人が〉席をけって立つ(up)
e.g. the horse reared in terror
e.g. a rattlesnake reared up at his elbow.
with adverbial of place (of a building, mountain, etc.) extend or appear to extend to a great height:
〈建物･山などが〉(高く)そびえ立つ(up)
e.g. houses reared up on either side.
with object archaic set (something) upright.
〈動物が〉〈頭など〉を持ち上げる, 起こす; 〈問題などが〉〈頭〉をもたげる
(rear up) (of a person) show anger or irritation; go on the attack:
e.g. the press reared up in the wake of the bombings.
PHRASES
rear one's head
raise one's head.
(rear its head) (of an unpleasant matter) emerge; present itself:
e.g. elitism is rearing its ugly head again.
DERIVATIVES
rearer | ˈrirər | noun
ORIGIN
Old English rǣran‘set upright, construct, elevate’, of Germanic origin; related to raise (which has supplanted rear in many applications), also to rise.