rear

1. The back of a military formation or procession (synset 108499711)
   "infantrymen were in the rear"
   domain category: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   hypernym: formation - an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
2. The side of an object that is opposite its front (synset 108647083)
   "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
   hypernym: face, side - a surface forming part of the outside of an object
   hyponym:

   • nape, nucha, scruff - the back side of the neck
   • rearward - direction toward the rear
   synonym: back end, backside
3. The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer (synset 108643421)
   "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
   hypernym: place, position - the particular portion of space occupied by something
   synonym: back
4. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on (synset 105566889)
   "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
   hypernym: body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
   part meronym: body, torso, trunk - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
   synonym: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush
5. The side that goes last or is not normally seen (synset 104066813)
   "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
   hypernym: side - an extended outer surface of an object
   hyponym:

   • after part, poop, quarter, stern, tail - the rear part of a ship
   • empennage, tail, tail assembly - the rear part of an aircraft
   synonym: back

1. Located in or toward the back or rear (synset 300199483)
   "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side"
   similar: back - related to or located at the back
   synonym: rearward

1. Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds (synset 201985637)
   "The horse reared in terror"
   hypernym: straighten - get up from a sitting or slouching position
   hyponym: rear back - rear backwards on its hind legs
   synonym: rise up
2. Look after a child until it is an adult (synset 202545454)
   "raise a family"; "bring up children"
   cause: grow up - become an adult
   hyponym:

   • fledge - feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
   • cradle - bring up from infancy
   • foster - bring up under fosterage; of children
   synonym: bring up, nurture, parent, raise
3. Rise up (synset 202702643)
   "The building rose before them"
   hypernym: appear, look, seem - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
   hyponym: hulk, loom, predominate, tower - appear very large or occupy a commanding position
   synonym: lift, rise
4. Cause to rise up (synset 201986880)
   hypernym: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise - raise from a lower to a higher position
   hyponym:

   • pitch, set up - erect and fasten
   • cock up, prick, prick up - raise
   synonym: erect
5. Construct, build, or erect (synset 201665137)
   "Raise a barn"
   domain category: building, construction - the act of constructing something
   hypernym: build, construct, make - make by combining materials and parts
   synonym: erect, put up, raise, set up

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