Definition: 1. The back of a military formation or procession. 2. The side of an object that is opposite its front. 3. The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer. 4. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 5. The side that goes last or is not normally seen. 6. Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds.
Use 'rear' in a sentence:
1. The simple Buddhas here were carved from rock at the rear of the caves.
2. The threat of strikes reared its head again this summer.
3. Students are requested to park at the rear of the building.
4. She was shepherded by her guards up the rear ramp of the aircraft.
5. It is often possible to see the vestigial remains of rear limbs on some snakes.
6. The front and rear of the car will crumple during a collision.
7. Those electing to smoke will be seated at the rear.
8. There was a problem which reared its ugly head about a week after she moved back in.
9. I was the son of sailors and reared on stories of the sea.
10. She reared a family of five on her own.
11. Smoking is only allowed at the rear of the aircraft.
12. A few days earlier somebody had rear-ended him.
13. To the rear is a large dining room — added on early this century.
14. Her car crashed into the rear of a van.
15. Bars and kitchens feature recycled wooden substrates, hemp-wrapped cylinders, and ingredients on a rear wall.
16. Manufacturers have been obliged to fit rear seat belts in all new cars.
17. There are toilets at both front and rear of the plane.
18. Thurlow and Brown's rooms were on the second level, to the rear of the building.
19. The horse reared up on its hind legs.
20. The front and rear tyres interchange.
21. I got a ding in my rear fender.
22. She set off at a gallop, leaving me to toil in the rear.
23. His bike's rear tyre punctured.
24. They set off, two men out in front as scouts, two behind in case of any attack from the rear.
25. The horse reared, throwing its rider.
26. The truck clipped the rear of a tanker and then crashed into a second truck.
27. He settled back in the rear of the taxi.
28. The horse plunged and reared.
29. The car has childproof locks on the rear doors.
30. We have two motors, one on each rear wheel, so the control system has to control each motor independently.
31. I had a few bruises on my rear end.
32. Laughter comes from the rear half and calms from the front half simultaneously.
33. The Trade between Shanghai "Isolated Island" and the Rear Area.
34. It was actually a tricycle with a petrol motor at the rear.
35. The exhibition hall reared above me behind a high fence.
36. She reared sixteen children, six her own and ten her husband's.
37. The rear doors include childproof locks.
38. The great bulk of the building reared up against the night sky.
39. The animals were reared in conditions which approximated the wild as closely as possible.
40. She spends a lot of time rearing animals.
41. Students are requested to park at the rear of the Department.
42. This nippy new car has fold down rear seats.
43. The extreme right reared its ugly head in the 1980s.
44. Musicians played at the front and rear of the procession.
45. He left the creatures in an out-house, and hurried on, into a narrow lane at the rear.
46. A trailer was attached to the rear of the truck.
47. Turning toward the audience, he pointed to the rear of the orchestra, yelling wildly at the same time: "Look, look!"
48. My body is a temple with ample parking in the rear.
49. There are positive changes that should be implemented in the rearing of animals.
50. A high gate blocks the only entrance to the rear.
51. Traditionally reared animals grow more slowly than those reared under intensive farming conditions.
