rearing

rear ¹  (rîr)

n.

1. A hind part.

2. The point or area farthest from the front: the rear of the hall.

3. The part of a military deployment usually farthest from the fighting front.

4. Informal The buttocks.

adj.

Of, at, or located in the rear.

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[Middle English rere, rear of an army, short for rerewarde, rear guard; see rearward².]

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rear ²  (rîr)

v. reared, rear·ing, rears

v.tr.

1. To care for (children or a child) during the early stages of life; bring up.

2. To lift upright; raise.

3. To build; erect.

4. To tend (growing plants or animals).

v.intr.

1. To rise on the hind legs, as a horse.

2. To rise high in the air; tower.

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[Middle English reren, to raise, from Old English rran; see er-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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rearer n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rearing - the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child nurture, raising upbringing - properties acquired during a person's formative years
	2.	rearing - helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, upbringing, breeding, raising acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization - the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"
Adj.	1.	rearing - rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant" rampant heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies erect, upright, vertical - upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"