Noun
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the side that goes last or is not normally seen
"he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
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the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
"he deserves a good kick in the butt"
"are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
- hind end - rear end - tail end -
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"
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the side of an object that is opposite its front
"his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
- back end -
the back of a military formation or procession
"infantrymen were in the rear"
Verb
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construct, build, or erect
"Raise a barn"
- set up - put up -
cause to rise up
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rise up
"The building rose before them"
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bring up
"raise a family"
"bring up children"
- bring up -
stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
"The horse reared in terror"
- rise up
Adjective
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located in or toward the back or rear
"the chair's rear legs"
"the rear door of the plane"
"on the rearward side"