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      n  
1    the back or hind part  
2    the area or position that lies at the back  
a garden at the rear of the house     
3    the section of a military force or procession farthest from the front  
4    an informal word for buttocks (see buttock)  
5   ♦ bring up the rear   to be at the back in a procession, race, etc.  
6   ♦ in the rear   at the back  
7    modifier   of or in the rear  
the rear legs, the rear side     
     (C17: probably abstracted from rearward or rearguard)  
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rear          [2]  
      vb  
1    tr   to care for and educate (children) until maturity; bring up; raise  
2    tr   to breed (animals) or grow (plants)  
3    tr   to place or lift (a ladder, etc.) upright  
4    tr   to erect (a monument, building, etc.); put up  
5    intr; often foll by: up   (esp. of horses) to lift the front legs in the air and stand nearly upright  
6    intr; often foll by: up or over   (esp. of tall buildings) to rise high; tower  
7    intr   to start with anger, resentment, etc.  
     (Old English ræran; related to Old High German reren to distribute, Old Norse reisa to raise)  
♦   rearer      n  

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rear         

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1   
      n   back, back end, end, rearguard, stern, tail, tail end  
2   
      adj   aft, after     (Nautical)   back, following, hind, hindmost, last, trailing  
  
Antonyms     
,       n   bow, forward end, front, nose, stem, vanguard  
      adj   foremost, forward, front, leading  

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rear          [2]  
      vb  
1    breed, bring up, care for, cultivate, educate, foster, grow, nurse, nurture, raise, train  
2    elevate, hoist, hold up, lift, raise, set upright  
3    build, construct, erect, fabricate, put up  
4    loom, rise, soar, tower  

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rear end

n.
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buttocks of (adult) woman
Slang; refers to a person's "bottom," in American English. A bit more polite than "ass," less clinical than "buttocks."

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hatchback
n.
Type of car with a hatch at the rear of the car, above the cargo area of the aft compartment, that opens upwards when opening the boot door.
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