[rɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the back part of something, especially a building or vehicle
(e.g: the kitchen door at the rear of the house)


Phrases:
- bring up the rear
- take someone in rear

Origin:
Middle English (first used as a military term): from Old French rere, based on Latin retro ‘back’

[rɪə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- at the back
(e.g: the car's rear window)


Phrases:
- bring up the rear
- take someone in rear

Origin:
Middle English (first used as a military term): from Old French rere, based on Latin retro ‘back’

[rɪə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown
(e.g: Nigel was born and reared in Bath)

- (of a horse or other animal) raise itself upright on its hind legs
(e.g: the horse reared in terror)


Phrases:
- rear one's head

Origin:
Old English rǣran ‘set upright, construct, elevate’, of Germanic origin; related to raise (which has supplanted rear in many applications), also to rise