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Adjective rearing has 1 sense
- rampant, rearing - rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant"
Antonym: unerect (indirect, via erect)
Noun rearing has 2 senses
- raising, rearing, nurture - the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
--1 is a kind of upbringing
- breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing - raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
--2 is a kind of socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
Verb rear has 5 senses
- rear, rise up - stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"
--1 is one way to straighten
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent - bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- rise, lift, rear - rise up; "The building rose before them"
--3 is one way to look, appear, seem
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- rear, erect - cause to rise up
--4 is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- raise, erect, rear, set up, put up - construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
--5 is one way to construct, build, make
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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