[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rear/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / rear # rear noun (the rear); adjective (rear); verb (rear, rears, reared, rearing) «rear» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. The back part of something: "the rear of the bus". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#m1) 2. As an adjective, at the back: "the rear door", "rear lights". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#m2) 3. To rear children or animals means to look after them until they are grown up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#m3) 4. When a horse rears, it stands up on its back legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#m4) 5. To rear something can also mean to lift it up high and build it in place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#m5) ### In the lessons In everyday life and safety, cars and bikes have rear lights; children sit in the rear seats of a car. In science, farmers rear animals like sheep and chickens. In stories a frightened horse rears. Phrases: at the rear, rear seat, rear light, rear view mirror, rear up, bring up the rear. ### Examples - Children should sit in the rear seat of the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#x1) - We got off by the rear door of the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#x2) - My bike has a red rear light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#x3) - The teacher walked at the rear of the line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#x4) - The farmer rears sheep and goats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#x5) - The horse reared up when it saw the snake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#x6) - Swans rear their young on the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#x7) - The marble block was reared in its place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/#x8) ### Note As a noun usually "the rear". Opposite of rear: "front". "Bring up the rear" means to be last. Safety: a red light at the rear of a bike helps drivers see you at night. In the USA "raise" is more common than "rear" for children. ## In Jewish tradition In Jeremiah, God promises to rear the orphans of those who die. Ahab reared up an altar to Baal. In Isaiah, a man will rear only a young cow and two sheep after the land is laid waste. **Interpretation.** The Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month, a year after the Exodus. Tradition sees it as the place for God's presence among the people. Jeremiah's words are read as God caring for the fatherless. ### Examples - 'On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. (Torah EXO.40.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rear/#x1) - And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been shown thee in the mount. (Torah EXO.26.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rear/#x2) - And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. (Torah EXO.40.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rear/#x3) - Leave thy fatherless children, I will rear them, and let thy widows trust in Me. (Prophets JER.49.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rear/#x4) - And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. (Prophets 1KI.16.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rear/#x5) - And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall rear a young cow, and two sheep; (Prophets ISA.7.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rear/#x6) ### Note As a noun usually "the rear". Opposite of rear: "front". "Bring up the rear" means to be last. Safety: a red light at the rear of a bike helps drivers see you at night. In the USA "raise" is more common than "rear" for children. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «rear» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rear/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rear» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rear.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «rear» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rear/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rear» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rear.html) on Mova free.