rear (
http://definr.com/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 [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: as of quadrupeds [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]