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Look up: Rear

  1. rear
    [n] - the side of an object that is opposite its front 2. [n] - the back of a military formation or procession 3. [n] - the side that goes last or is not normally seen 4. [v] - bring up 5. [v] - cause to rise up 6. [v] - as of quadrupeds
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. rear
    [n] - the side of an object that is opposite its front 2. [n] - the back of a military formation or procession 3. [n] - the side that goes last or is not normally seen 4. [v] - bring up 5. [v] - cause to rise up 6. [v] - as of quadrupeds
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. rear
    a) (Australia) that portion of a fire spreading directly into the wind; b) (Canada) that portion of a fire edge opposite the head; c) the slowest spreading portion of a fire edge Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • of a horse to rise on its hind legs. Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Rear
    Rear (rēr) adverb Early; soon. [ Prov. Eng.] « Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear Gay.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/19

  5. Rear
    Rear noun [ Old French riere behind, backward, from Latin retro . Confer Arrear .] 1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to front . « Nipped with the lagging rear of winter's frost.» Milton. 2. Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the re …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/19

  6. Rear
    Rear adjective Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company. Rear admiral , an officer in the navy, next in rank below a vice admiral and above a commodore. See Admiral . -- Rear front (Mil.) , the rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position. -- Rear guard (Mil.)< …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/19

  7. Rear
    Rear (rēr) transitive verb To place in the rear; to secure the rear of. [ R.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/19

  8. Rear
    Rear transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Reared (rērd); present participle & verbal noun Rearing .] [ Anglo-Saxon rǣran to raise, rear, elevate, for rǣsan , causative of rīsan to rise. See Rise , and confer Raise .] 1. To raise; to lift up; to cause to …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/19

  9. Rear
    Rear intransitive verb To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect. Rearing bit , a bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting his head when rearing. Knight.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/19

  10. rear
    1. To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith. "In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me." (Milton) "It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts." (Barrow) "Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner." (Ld. Lytton) ... 2. To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear d …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?r

  11. rear
    backside noun the side of an object that is opposite its front; `his room was toward the rear of the hotel`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. rear
    back noun the side that goes last or is not normally seen; `he wrote the date on the back of the photograph`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. rear
    noun the back of a military formation or procession; `infantrymen were in the rear`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. rear
    verb cause to rise up
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. Rear
    `Rear` may be used as a noun and a verb and has several meanings: *`Rear (military)` - the area of a battlefield behind the front line *Animals: **In stockbreeding, to breed and raise. **`Rearing` is when a horse spreads his hind legs. *Rear end is the buttocks.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear

  16. Rear
    • (v. t.) To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring. • (v. i.) To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect. • (v. t.) To place in the rear; to secure the rear of. • (v. t.) To rouse; to stir up. • (v. t.) To lift and take up. • (v. t.) To erect by building...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. rear
    (from the article `tactics`) ...three days, and one week-long series of engagements became known as the Seven Days` Battles. Since modern weapons permitted fighting at longer ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/18

  18. rear
    1. the back of a military formation or procession
    2. the side of an object that is opposite its front
    3. the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
    4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
    5. the side that goes last or is not normally seen

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10 January 2009

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In 1863 the London Underground was first opened, using steam trains running over four miles (six km) of track between Paddington and Farringdon Street. Nowadays there are eleven lines covering 254 miles (408 Km), with 270 stations. It was Charles Pearson who first proposed the notion of ‘trains in drains’ in 1845, when the railway was a relatively new invention. He helped raise the finance from private investors and the City of London, and excavation began in 1860, with a shallow trench dug beneath Euston Road and then covered over. read more

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