1.the back of a military formation or procession;
infantrymen were in the rear
2.the side of an object that is opposite its front;
his room was toward the rear of the hotel
3.the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer;
he stood at the back of the stage
4.the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
he deserves a good kick in the butt
5.the side that goes last or is not normally seen;
he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
6.located in or toward the back or rear;
the chair's rear legs
1.stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds;
The horse reared in terror
2.bring up;
raise a family
3.rise up;
The building rose before them
4.cause to rise up
5.construct, build, or erect;
Raise a barn