| query | If you are at the r___ of a moving line of people, you are the last person in it.If you are at the rear of a moving line of people, you are the last person in it. Musicians played at the front and rear of the procession. The Lord Mayor follows at the rear in his gilded coach. |
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| word | rear |
| full-definition | noun The rear of something such as a building or vehicle is the back part of it. He settled back in the rear of the taxi. ...a stairway in the rear of the building. Manufacturers have been obliged to fit rear seat belts in all new cars. If you are at the rear of a moving line of people, you are the last person in it. Musicians played at the front and rear of the procession. The Lord Mayor follows at the rear in his gilded coach. Your rear is the part of your body that you sit on. He plans to have a dragon tattooed on his rear. verb If you rear children, you look after them until they are old enough to look after themselves. She reared six children. I was reared in east Texas. 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. She spends a lot of time rearing animals. When a horse rears, it moves the front part of its body upwards, so that its front legs are high in the air and it is standing on its back legs. The horse reared and threw off its rider. ...an army pony that didn't rear up at the sound of gunfire. If you say that something such as a building or mountain rears above you, you mean that is very tall and close to you. The exhibition hall reared above me behind a high fence. The mountains reared up on each side, steep and white. |
| inflections | rearsrearingreared |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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