rear
     adj : located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear
           legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward
           side" [syn: {rear(a)}, {rearward(a)}]
     n 1: the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen
          were in the rear" [ant: {head}]
     2: the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room
        was toward the rear of the hotel" [syn: {backside}, {back
        end}] [ant: {front}]
     3: the part of something that is furthest from the normal
        viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was
        hidden in the rear of the store" [syn: {back}] [ant: {front}]
     4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
        deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit
        on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates},
        {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can}, {fundament},
         {hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat},
         {rear end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail end},
        {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny},
         {ass}]
     5: the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote
        the date on the back of the photograph" [syn: {back}]
        [ant: {front}]
     v 1: stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared
          in terror" [syn: {rise up}]
     2: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: {raise},
         {bring up}, {nurture}, {parent}]
     3: rise up; "The building rose before them" [syn: {rise}, {lift}]
     4: cause to rise up [syn: {erect}]
     5: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: {raise}, {erect},
         {set up}, {put up}] [ant: {level}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0