rear

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(n) the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear"
(n) the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
(n) 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"
(n) 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?"
(n) the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
(v) stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"
(v) bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
(v) rise up; "The building rose before them"
(v) cause to rise up
(v) construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

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