rear (n.)
- aft
- after
- apprentice
- arena
- arse
- ass
- back
- backdrop
- background
- backside
- backward
- behind
- boost
- bottom
- break
- breed
- bristle
- build
- bulk
- bum
- butt
- buttocks
- cast
- chisel
- compound
- condition
- construct
- convert
- crop
- croup
- crupper
- culture
- devise
- discipline
- distance
- drill
- end
- exercise
- extract
- fanny
- farm
- fashion
- feed
- field
- fit
- flounder
- form
- foster
- frame
- garden
- groom
- ground
- harvest
- hatch
- heave
- heft
- heist
- hike
- hind
- hindquarters
- hinterland
- hobbyhorse
- hoist
- keep
- last
- lift
- lob
- locale
- loft
- loom
- lurch
- machine
- make
- manufacture
- mature
- mill
- mine
- mold
- mount
- nates
- nurse
- nurture
- pitch
- plunge
- posterior
- postern
- pound
- practice
- process
- produce
- pump
- raise
- ramp
- ranch
- ready
- rearward
- reel
- rise
- rock
- roll
- rump
- run
- scene
- seat
- setting
- shape
- sky
- smelt
- soar
- spiral
- spire
- stage
- stern
- surge
- sway
- swing
- tail
- theater
- toss
- tower
- train
- tumble
- tush
- up
- upcast
- uplift
- upright
- upsurge
- upthrow
- wallow
- welter
- write
- yaw
rear (v.)
- aft
- after
- apprentice
- arise
- arse
- ascend
- ass
- assemble
- back
- background
- backward
- behind
- boost
- bottom
- break
- breed
- bristle
- build
- bulk
- bum
- butt
- carve
- cast
- chisel
- compose
- compound
- concoct
- condition
- construct
- convert
- create
- crop
- cultivate
- culture
- develop
- devise
- discipline
- distance
- drill
- educate
- elaborate
- elevate
- end
- erect
- escalate
- evolve
- exceed
- exercise
- extract
- extrude
- fabricate
- farm
- fashion
- fatten
- feed
- field
- fit
- flounder
- form
- formulate
- foster
- frame
- garden
- groom
- ground
- grow
- harvest
- hatch
- heave
- heft
- heighten
- heist
- hike
- hind
- hinder
- hoist
- house-train
- housebreak
- improve
- indite
- keep
- last
- levitate
- lift
- lob
- loft
- loom
- lurch
- machine
- make
- manufacture
- mature
- mill
- mine
- mold
- mount
- nurse
- nurture
- outstrip
- overtop
- pitch
- plunge
- pound
- practice
- prefabricate
- prepare
- process
- produce
- propagate
- pump
- raise
- ramp
- ranch
- ready
- reel
- refine
- rehearse
- retrograde
- rise
- rock
- roll
- rump
- run
- scend
- scene
- seat
- shape
- sky
- smelt
- soar
- spiral
- spire
- stage
- surge
- sway
- swing
- tail
- toss
- tower
- train
- transcend
- tumble
- up
- upend
- upheave
- uphold
- uplift
- upraise
- upright
- uprise
- wallow
- welter
- write
- yaw
rear (adj.)
- aft
- after
- aftermost
- arse
- ass
- back
- backward
- behind
- bottom
- breed
- bum
- cast
- compound
- condition
- crop
- distance
- elaborate
- end
- erect
- fashion
- field
- fit
- form
- foster
- garden
- ground
- heist
- hind
- hinder
- hindermost
- hindhand
- hindmost
- last
- loom
- mature
- mill
- mine
- mount
- posterior
- pound
- practice
- ranch
- ready
- rearmost
- rearward
- retral
- retrograde
- rise
- roll
- run
- scene
- setting
- shape
- sky
- spiral
- stage
- stern
- tail
- tumble
- up
- upright
- upstream
- upwind
I will take some savage woman, she shall rear my dusky race.
Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot.