[{"word":"rears","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years."},{"definition":"To rise up on the hind legs","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The horse was shocked, and thus reared."},{"definition":"(usually with \"up\") To get angry.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To rise high above, tower above.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The monster slowly reared its head."},{"definition":"To construct by building; to set up","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to rear defenses or houses"},{"definition":"To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To lift and take up.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To rouse; to strip up.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["prance"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To move; stir.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of geese) To carve.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Rere that goose!"},{"definition":"(regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He healeth the blind and he reareth to life the dead."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The buttocks, a creature's bottom","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["rear end"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To sodomize (perform anal sex)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rear","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rears"]}]