The back part of something Lift, raise, rear, elevate, hoist, heave, boost mean to move from a lower to a higher place or position Lift usually implies exerting effort to overcome resistance of weight. If you rear a young animal, you keep and look after it until it is old enough to be used for work or food, or until it can look after itself. The rear is the back end of something, like the rear of a school bus or the members of the marching band who stand at the rear of the parade At the other end of something's front is its rear, whether it's a car or a line of people standing outside a theater.
The back of something, as distinguished from the front. See examples of rear used in a sentence. To take care of and support up to maturity To breed and raise (livestock) To raise to an upright position Definition of rear noun in oxford advanced american dictionary
The store is in the rear of the building We sat toward the rear of the train/boat. The back of something, as distinguished from the front The porch is at the rear of the house The space or position behind something The bus driver asked the passengers to move to the rear.
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