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rearing   (TTS Sound)

The noun rearing has 2 senses

• raising, rearing, nurture -- (the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child)


• breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing -- (helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important")

The verb rear has 5 senses

• rear, rise up -- (stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror")


• rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent -- (bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children")


• rise, lift, rear -- (rise up; "The building rose before them")


• rear, erect -- (cause to rise up)


• raise, erect, rear, set up, put up -- (construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn")

The adj rearing has 1 sense

• rampant, rearing -- (rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant")