rears 1 of 2

noun

plural of rear
1
as in backs
a behind part or surface the rear of the car was sleekly designed

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2
as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits fell off her skates onto her rear

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rears

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rear
1
as in raises
to bring to maturity through care and education watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young

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2
as in erects
to fix in an upright position it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing

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3
as in builds
to form by putting together parts or materials the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years

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as in grows
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse

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Recent Examples of rears
Noun
Black renders the majority of the sneaker, but red rears its head again through speckling on the midsole, TPU flyplate, full medial Swoosh and lining. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 The 39-year-old, who has been arrested multiple times in Burbank and Glendale, was taken into custody on suspicion of violating terms of his probation from a previous arrest linked to sniffing women’s rears. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Universal constants arise often in math problems, and even the square root of log(N) rears its head once in a while. — Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 When justice recedes, revenge rears its bloodstained head. — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 So, the most damaging scandal of Starmer’s premiership rears its head again at a profoundly unstable time for the government. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 This is where the idea of revenge rears its head. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026 Dogs sniff each other’s rears, African elephants swing their trunks, and songbirds peck at one another’s feathers. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026 So much grunt routes through a trick all-wheel-drive system that actually uses a two-speed gearbox ahead of the engine between the front wheels, in addition to a more traditional eight-speed dual-clutch transaxle routing power to the rears. — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
Once Olive reveals what happened to Anh, her friend’s protective nature rears its head, determined to turn around Olive’s despair. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 On the apparel front, a Ballistic Tech Vest harkens back to ’90s utility gear, while Gore-Tex rears its head again on a circa-2000 Mountain Jacket with seam seals and another shell that reaches full length. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026 But the core four aren’t the only transplants from Woodsboro, as Ghostface soon rears its ugly head, directly targeting them and whomever else is caught up in their orbit. — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026 This hyper-awareness rears its head in moments the otherwise invisible tween is placed under a spotlight by his peers, resulting in quick bursts of visual energy that intentionally get on your nerves. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 Voting inertia rears its head for The Bear’s largely forgettable fourth season. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 July 2026 Even though aeration units have been installed to add ozone to the water and slow the growth of algae, the pool’s water must still be cycled, which is where the problem of broken pipes again rears its ugly head. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026 Partisan politics rears its head in Mansfield The issues plaguing Mansfield, though, go deeper than disagreements over growth, fiscal stewardship and how to run a city. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026 Just as security teams and end users alike look forward to the weekend, a security issue rears its ugly head, putting a stop to all that. — Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rears
  1. backs
  2. cheeks
  3. raises
  4. erects
  5. builds
  6. grows
  7. tails
  8. breeds
Noun
  • The Atlanta Falcons have one of the best and brightest young backs in the game.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Ground and pound While the Tigers’ rushing attack struggled, the Hurricanes turned to the running backs to ice the game.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of backs
Noun
  • The stranger’s hollow cheeks, his dark eyes, whose lashes always appeared wet, the bony shoulders that protruded from the singlet Chee Meng had lent him—all of it frightened Shawn.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Not that Bieber needs much assistance, with dewy skin and softly flushed cheeks becoming central to the Rhode universe.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of cheeks
Verb
  • The organization, created in 1961 by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, receives no government funding, and raises money through private donations and sales of retail merchandise.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The necropsy indicating chronic gastrointestinal disease in two of the dead belugas certainly raises questions about their condition before transport.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of raises
Verb
  • King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Cody erects impenetrable emotional walls around him that deny him from asking for help and creating community.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of erects
Verb
  • In minutes, Bartlett had sketched the makeshift shrine that Helga builds for Arnold in her closet.
    — Darryn King, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Surrounded by its own garden, the restaurant builds much of its menu upon a base of herbs and vegetables, like kale and carrots harvested mere steps from the open-concept kitchen.
    — Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of builds
Verb
  • The new method instead grows the crystals separately and transfers them onto the chip afterward.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
  • But, especially as your business grows, working with scrap paper and Excel spreadsheets can be time-consuming and error-prone.
    — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of grows
Noun
  • There are cats with monkey tails, and camels that roll up in a ball like armadillos!
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The transition from tadpole to juvenile frog is never easy — legs sprout, tails shrink and lungs develop for a life on land, all while being hunted by fish and other predators.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of tails
Verb
  • Their playoff success breeds confidence in a group with a penchant for executing in the biggest moments while their opponents have not.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Its rural nature — isolated from the rest of the country and with many of its communities accessible only by air or water — breeds a self-reliance.
    — Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
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“Rears.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rears. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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