rear
noun
[ rɪə ]
• the back part of something, especially a building or vehicle.
• "the kitchen door at the rear of the house"
rear
adjective
• at the back.
• "the car's rear window"
Origin:
Middle English (first used as a military term): from Old French rere, based on Latin retro ‘back’.
rear
verb
• bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown.
• "Nigel was born and reared in Bath"
• (of a horse or other animal) raise itself upright on its hind legs.
• "the horse reared in terror"
Origin:
Old English rǣran ‘set upright, construct, elevate’, of Germanic origin; related to raise (which has supplanted rear in many applications), also to rise.
