rearing

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English

Definitions

verb

To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
(said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.“The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years.”
To rise up on the hind legs“The horse was shocked, and thus reared.”
(usually with "up") To get angry.

verb

To move; stir.
(of geese) To carve.“Rere that goose!”
(regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)“He healeth the blind and he reareth to life the dead.”

verb

To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
To sodomize (perform anal sex)

noun

Act of raising young.“We studied blowfly rearings in various environmental conditions.”

Related words

Synonyms

prance upbringing fostering fosterage erect upright nurture raising breeding vertical rampant bringing up nurturing parenting childrearing maternity nursery

Associated

coho steelhead hatchery goats reared poultry calves brood pigs hind chickens aquaculture

Rhymes

domineering sneering engineering pioneering tearing persevering veering clearing steering shearing

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