26984 words

reared

3 definitions • 4 examples
1
past simple and past participle of
2
to care for young animals or children until they are able to care for themselves:

Examples:

Some women make a deliberate choice to rear a child alone.
He describes how these birds rear their young.
3
to rise up or to lift something up:

Examples:

The horse reared (up) (= suddenly rose onto its back legs) when it heard the gun shot.
The lion slowly reared its head (= lifted it up) and looked around.

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