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Dictionary definition for: Rear
1. (n) the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear"
2. (v) stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"
3. (n) the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
4. (v) bring up; "raise a family" "bring up children"
5. (n) 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"
6. (v) rise up; "The building rose before them"
7. (n) 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?"
9. (n) the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
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